Re: using the PHP4 mail() function in (Newbie)

Not to mention, You may not control the server but I'm assuming you control your "homespace" if you drop a php.ini file into there it will over ride the main ini (but it will only over ride for that branch) Richard wrote:

Sure, you can send it as a header after the body...Like so: $mailheaders = "From: $mailfrom\n"; mail($mailto, $mailsubject, $mailbody, $mailheaders); Where you establish $mailfrom as who its from Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marnix Ottens" <mottens@xs4all.nl> To: "Michael Kelley" <mkelley@nmsu.edu>; "Peter Haywood" <peter.haywood@liquorice-e.com> Cc: <php-windows@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 2:14 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] using the PHP4 mail() function in (Newbie)

Just a quick addon question regarding the mail() function. My mail form works fine but the person who receives the e-mail is seeing "unprivileged user" as the sender's name. I assume this is displayed by default. Can I add a "from" field in the mail() function to display another name

than

"unprivileged user"?? My current mail() looks like this: mail ($recipient_email,$subject,$bodymessage); regards, Marnix ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Kelley" <mkelley@nmsu.edu> To: "Peter Haywood" <peter.haywood@liquorice-e.com> Cc: <php-windows@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 1:23 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] using the PHP4 mail() function in (Newbie)

You need to change SMTP = localhost ; for Win32 only to SMTP = MyMailhost.domain.edu ; for Win32 only (MyMailHost being your mail service's server -> pop3.hotmail.com) If you don't have that then you may need to install a mail service of your own ... If you need to do that research the archieves I know I've seen a load of different free mail services and how to install (I didn't have to do that so I'm not going to try to tell you how to do it ...) Peter Haywood wrote:

Any advice on this would be much appreciated: I am trying to send a simple email. in the php file, i have entered: <?php mail ("myemail@address.com", "This is the Subject", "This is the

message

body"); ?> when i load the page, i get the following: Warning: Server Error in C:\inetpub\wwwroot/php/tests/test.php on line

2

test.php being the file containing the PHP mail code this is the sendmail info in my php.ini file: [mail function] ; For Win32 only. SMTP = localhost ; for Win32 only ; For Win32 only. sendmail_from = me@localhost.com ; for Win32 only thanks, pete

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