PHP Form variable 'from' field

[lou28]

Hi I'm a beginner with php and I had created a simple php form processing script as below, but the hosting company I use has just told me..

 

We have recently tightened up the spam controls on our webservers so your script needs to specify a valid mailbox as the postmaster otherwise it would be sent as [email protected] which is then blocked.

you need to make sure you have a -f argument followed by the mailbox specified in your coding.

 

They weren't any more help than that so I'm not sure what this means!

Can anyone enlighten me!?

Thanks

[ngreenwood6]

What type of form is it? Is it a mailing form or what? Can we actually see the form code?

[lou28]

Sorry forgot to include the code.

 

Yes it is a mailing form:

 

<?php

// Pick up the form data and assign it to variables

$name = $_POST['name'];

$email = $_POST['email'];

$comments = $_POST['message'];

 

// Build the email (replace the address in the $to section with your own)

$to = '[email protected]';

$subject = "website enquiry";

$comments = "$name said: $comments";

$headers = "From: $email";

 

// Send the mail using PHPs mail() function

mail($to, $subject, $comments, $headers);

 

// Redirect

header("Location: contact2.html");

?>