Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] php mail() ignores "From" header

[Don S. <do...@se...>]

Pear, eh.  I'll look into that then.  Is there a module using it now that 
I could scam some code from?

Changing the order of the headers (From is first) had no change.

Thanks.

Don.

On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Steven Levin wrote:

> Hey Don,
> 
>   We think the Pear mailing package is great and have been using that.  It
> is quite easty to use.  You should check it out.
> 
> Steven
> 
> > OK I'll try that.
> >
> > Perhaps we could do with a core "mail" function that takes in the to,
> > from, and message params?  I'm sure there are a couple of mods that
> > might  send emails.  Like my next work, phpwsSendPr0nSpam.
> >
> > Don.
> >
> > On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Steven Levin wrote:
> >
> >> Don,
> >>
> >>  I have used that function before and got it to work just fine.  The
> >> only
> >> difference I see in my code is that I put the 'From' as the very first
> >> thing in the header.  Maybe try that, but it would be silly if that
> >> was the issue.
> >>
> >> Steven
> >>
> >>
> >> > I'm at my wits' end.  No matter how many headers I set and pass to
> >> the mail() function, the email always arrives with "apache" as the
> >> sending user.  Granted the "Reply-To" is set properly and all other
> >> stuff is right.  But I'd like to mail to appear as From the desired
> >> sender.
> >> >
> >> > I've read the user comments on the php mail() doc page and have
> >> tried nearly everything suggested, to no avail.
> >> >
> >> > Here is what I'm doing regards to trying to set the From address:
> >> >
> >> >         $from = "\"" . $_REQUEST["EMAIL_sender_name"] . "\" <" .
> >> > $_REQUEST["EMAIL_sender_email"] . ">";
> >> >         $headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
> >> >         $headers .= "Content-type: text/plain;
> >> charset=iso-8859-1\n";
> >> > $headers .= "X-Sender: <". $_REQUEST["EMAIL_sender_email"] .
> >> > ">\n";
> >> >         $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP\n"; //mailer
> >> >         $headers .= "X-Priority: 1\n"; //1 UrgentMessage, 3 Normal
> >> > $headers .= "X-MSMail-Priority: High\n"; //1 UrgentMessage, 3
> >> > Normal
> >> >         $headers .= "From: $from\n";
> >> >         $headers .= "Reply-To: <". $_REQUEST["EMAIL_sender_email"] .
> >> > ">\n";
> >> >         $headers .= "Return-Path: <".
> >> $_REQUEST["EMAIL_sender_email"] .
> >> > ">\n";
> >> >         $extra = "-f " . $_REQUEST["EMAIL_sender_email"];
> >> >
> >> > so I call mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers, $extra).  mail is
> >> sent
> >> >  fine, but that From: field gets changed to apache.
> >> >
> >> > Has anyone dealt with this jazz?
> >> >
> >> > Don.
> >> >
> >> >
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