pneudralics Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I received an email from a teacher at a university with a .edu email address. By doing some googling the email is a scam email offering me millions. Anyways so I was wondering if it's possible to send an email showing that it is sent from a different email address without knowing any login info on the email address you want to show in the email. Example: I send you an email from me@myemail.com but when you receive the email it can say admin@phpfreaks.com or something I don't want to know how to do it. I just want to know if it's possible so I can reply back to the teacher and tell them to change their password or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooney Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 It is. With php: <?php mail('to@email.com', 'subject', 'message', 'From: admin@phpfreaks.com'); ?> to@email.com will receive from what appears to be admin@phpfreaks.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 "By doing some googling the email is a scam email offering me millions." Wait.... You actually believe emails like that? Anyway, the emailing system is very trusting. Too trusting in my opinion, but I must admit, I've never been able to think of a more reliable way of knowing who is whom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Anyway, the emailing system is very trusting. Too trusting in my opinion, but I must admit, I've never been able to think of a more reliable way of knowing who is whom. Email was invented when only a few people used the internet. Everybody knew each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Hrmmm true..... Never thought of it like that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerRobot Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Anyway, the emailing system is very trusting. Too trusting in my opinion, but I must admit, I've never been able to think of a more reliable way of knowing who is whom. Email was invented when only a few people used the internet. Everybody knew each other. Reminds me of the first telephone clip from family guy. Youtube only seems to have the audio with some pictures of mario characters for some unknown reason: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hahahah I remember seeing that on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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