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

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Dan Shirah <mrsquash2@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> > Dan, His example would have worked since it was the entire thing surrounded in quotes. Jay, Perhaps you can use the additional parameters to -f a return path along with your header. Whatever your current scripts domain is can be set as the "-fexample@example.com" as long as you control the domain (see SPF rules). Maybe this will fix your issues?