[SOLVED] "From" Header in mail()

[A.White.89]

I am working on sending an email to people using the php mail() function.

 

So far, I have everything working great except that the received email has a large server address in the "From" column that won't change with the header, "From: person" .

 

 

Here is an example of what I'm talking about:

$recipient = '[email protected]';
$subject = 'email subject';
$message = 'email message...';
$header = 'From: InsertName\r\n';

mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $header);

 

Everything in this example works correctly except the header.  Any suggestions why this isn't working and how it can be fixed?

 

Thanks.

[Daniel0]

It has to be of the format From: Somebody <[email protected]> or just From: [email protected]. If it already is that then your MTA is overriding it and you won't be able to fix that.

[A.White.89]

Thanks for the response. 

 

It brings me to another question.  Does the e-mail used in that location have to be a an actual e-mail account on the server or can it be a dummy?

[Daniel0]

You can usually write any address you want.

[A.White.89]

That worked great.  I appreciate the help.