[SOLVED] Mail() setting From and Return-Path

[kandi_nyc]

Hi -

 

I have a web form where users can "tell a friend" about the site. The form accepts the sender's email address (person filling out the form) and the sender's email address.

 

I need the sender's email address to be in the "From" field and not an email address from my domain. However, when I do this, emails do not get sent out. If I change the "From" field to be and email address on my domain, it gets sent. My host provider said I need to add an email address from my domain as the return-path then I can set any email address for the "From" field. When I do this the email does get sent however, the email address that is received has a the return-path appended to the sender's email address like such:

 

FROM: [email protected] : [email protected]

 

I only want [email protected] to be displayed in the FROM. How can I accomplish this?

 

Here is the code snippet I am using

$from = '[email protected]';

 

$subject = $headline;

$headers .= 'From: '.$from.'\r\n';

$headers .= 'Return-Path: [email protected]\r\n';

$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html";

 

$mail_sent = @mail( $from, $subject, $email_msg_sender, $headers);

 

I've also tried doing it the following way but nothing gets sent.

$mail_sent = @mail( $from, $subject, $email_msg_sender, $headers, "[email protected]");

 

Any advise is much appreciated.

 

Thank you in advance.

[Stooney]

You need double quotes around the \r\n

 

$headers .= 'From: '.$from."\r\n";
$headers .= "Return-Path: [email protected]\r\n";

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The Return-Path is the address that error messages (bounce messages) are supposed to be sent to.

 

What you should be setting is the Reply-To: address. The From: address should be a valid mail box on your sending mail server (so that your sending mail server will send it and the receiving mail server will accept it.) The Reply-to: address should be the address you want replies to be sent to (when the receiver clicks on the reply button in his mail client.)

[kandi_nyc]

Thanks for your feedback however what I'm trying to accomplish I guess is similar to what NewYorkTimes.com does.

 

Emails are received in the inbox with [email protected] and when you open the email, the FROM field reads as follows:

 

From: emailaddrr@newyorktimes on behalf of [email protected]

 

This is exactly what I'm trying to do. How to I get the "on behalf of" someone done using PHP?

 

Thanks again!!

[kandi_nyc]

For anyone else who might need to do this ... add a "Sender" header.

 

From and reply-to headers can be any address not on your domain.

 

return-path and sender headers must be an email address on your domain.

 

[PFMaBiSmAd]

From and reply-to headers can be any address not on your domain.

 

return-path and sender headers must be an email address on your domain.

For at least the From: address, that statement being true is dependent on how your mail server is setup and on what the the receiving mail server is setup to check.