help with email script...

[richie]

I use the script below to send email:

-------------------------------BEGIN--------------------------------
<?php

$from_name = "Samuel Richards";

$from_email = "[e-mail]";
$to_email = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Test Message";
$charset = "us-ascii ";

$body .= "Test body";

$MP = "/var/qmail/bin/sendmail -t";

$fd = popen($MP,"w");

fputs($fd, "Content-Type: text/html;");

fputs($fd, "charset=$charset\n");
fputs($fd, "To: $to_email\n");
fputs($fd, "From: $from_name\n");
fputs($fd, "Subject: $subject\n");
fputs($fd, "X-Mailer: Email server\n");
fputs($fd, $body);
pclose($fd);

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The problem is that when the email is delivered, the sender always defaults to

[e-mail],

instead of

Samuel Richards

that is in the script.

If for example, $from_name is King Arthur Jr. II, the email will be delivered as

[e-mail]

How can I change this behavior?

Thanks.

Richie.

[batman]

A better way to do this is the mail() function. Take a look at it here.