mail() not trusted

[mikhl]

Hi,

 

I am using a simple mail() function to send a confirmation email to users. However, when they receive the email (i am currently testing this with my hotmail account) it states that it is not trusted.

 

Quoted from hotmail:

This message looks suspicious to our SmartScreen filters.

 

Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening, whether to do with my code or not.

 

This is the code that I am using at the moment:

$sendto = 'my_eamil@live.co.uk'; // using this email to test.. would be users email
	$subject = "Confirmation"; // Subject
	$message = "Hi $fname $sname ($uname), \n\n Thanks for joining us. \n To activate your account you first need to confirm your email address. To do this click the link below: \n\n";
	$message .= "http://thelink.com";
	$header = "From: auto-confirm@email.co.uk\r\n";

	//return $message;
	mail($sendto, $subject, $message, $header);

 

Thanks

[trq]

Are you sending this email from the same server as the domain in the From header?

[mikhl]

Hmm... no, I am using a temporary domain to host whilst in the testing stages. Would this cause a problem? Thanks

[trq]

That would have the potential to cause issues.

 

Basically the email is saying it is from a different location to what the client actually received it from.

[mikhl]

Thanks, that has done the trick. 

[zero477]

Excelent thead thank you for your help.