mail function, hmmm?!?

[stew]

hey there,

i was wondering if some one could helpe me out here. the code below isn't quite working properly. however, if take out the "From: <" . $from . ">\n part of it works fine, but the sender appears "nobody."

would any know how to make the sender $from?

$to = $_POST["to"];
$subject = $_POST["subject"];
$message = $_POST["message"];
$from = $_POST["from"];
$firstname = $_POST["firstname"];
$lastname = $_POST["lastname"];

mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: <" . $from . ">\nX-Sender: <" . $from . ">\nReturn-Path: <" . $from . ">\nX-Mailer: PHP");

echo ("<p>Congratulations, an email has been sent to $to.");

stew

[stolzyboy]

check out this thread, mail() seems to be a very common problem lately

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10231039

[theeper]

I don't believe you can send mail as anyone other than "nobody" or whatever your apache user is when you run PHP as an apache mod.

[stolzyboy]

of course you can i have done it a thousand times with apache mod

[theeper]

I have been able to change the From: in the message to whoever I want, but not the Received: header, it is always "apache" or "nobody".

This works for the message From:

mail("[e-mail]", "The Subject", "
Message Body","from:[e-mail]");

[LiquidCD]

Here is a sample of my mail function:

//First email I send
$subject = "Your Membership at Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society!";
$message = "
	Dear $first_name $last_name,

//	Blah, blah, Blah

Username: $username 	
            Password: $random_password

Thanks!
The Webmaster

This is an automated response, please do not reply!";

//Second email sent
	$subject2 = "Membership Submission: $first_name $last_name";
	$message2 = "
	Dear Membership Coordinator,

$first_name $last_name has submitted the following information: 

//Blah, Blah, Blah

 First name: $first_name
 Last Name: $last_name
 Email: $mem_email_addr
 Alternate Email: $mem_alt_email
 Address: $mem_addr
 City: $mem_city
 State: $mem_state
 Zip: $mem_zip
 Country: $mem_country

 This email is automatically generated!";


//My mail functions	
	mail($mem_email_addr, $subject, $message, "From: LGGS Webmaster<[e-mail]>\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion());
	mail($coordinator, $subject2, $message2, "From: LGGS Webmaster<[e-mail]>\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion());
	echo 'Your membership information has been mailed to your email address! Please check it and follow the directions!';
}

You can also modify the From section as needed, but I put that info into my set subject lines.

I have had no problems with the above.