Re: PHP's mail(): proper way to send a 'From' header

You missed the period in your header to join the name and the line break?? 'From: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" On 7/7/08, Jay Moore <jaymoore@accu-com.com> wrote: > > Greetings folks. I seem to be having a problem with PHP's mail() function > and sending 'From' headers properly. Here's my setup: > > I have a site I set up for a client that has a form their clients can fill > out to submit some data. When the form is submitted, I have PHP gather the > data and create the body of an email which is then sent to both the owners > of the site and back to the person who submitted the data. Because the > server hosts multiple sites, I am sending an additional 'From' header so the > email doesn't appear to come from the hostname of the server itself ( > nobody@web.mysite.com). > > Because I did not have a DNS entry for my hostname, the 'domain does not > exist' error I'm seeing in the bounce emails is correct. I do not wish to > keep a DNS entry for it (I have added one as a temporary fix), as that > doesn't fix the 'From' header issue to begin with, so I would appreciate it > if you did not make that suggestion. > > As per PHP's documentation of the mail() function, I am sending the header > like so: > > "From: sender@othersite.com\r\n" > > I am getting bounce emails from certain ISPs (AOL, Roadrunner, some local > ISPs) saying the sender's domain does not exist. It seems that either mails > are coming from my hostname (nobody@web.mysite.com), or those ISPs are > reading the additional headers incorrectly. Unfortunately, this is not > acceptable. People aren't getting their emails, and the hammer is coming > down on me. > > As far as I know (based on the lack of bounce emails), this worked fine on > PHP4, but with our new webserver (running PHP5), I'm experiencing problems. > Far as I can tell, the mail() function has not changed between versions. > > I'm stumped here and need to get this fixed asap. I've tried 'From' and > 'FROM', tried a 'Name Here <name@isp.com>' format, and tried > terminating > with double newlines with and without the carriage return. Nothing seems to > work. I've even gone so far as to edit php.ini with a default from address, > but that doesn't appear to have fixed anything either. > > Please help. > > Thanks in advance, > Jay > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >