Need help with sending a broadcast e-mail

[reub77]

Don't worry the e-mail I'm setting up is not for spamming purposes. It's to help an owner of an organization communicate to his members.

My error is that when I send the e-mail it works for me but meaning the message contains a to:, from:, subject: and a body:. However, some people don't receive a from: address and sometimes the to: area with all the e-mail gets split up and some of it gets put in the subject field.

Here's my code:

$MailFrom    = "[e-mail]";
$MailTo     = "$emails";
$MailSubj    = "$subject";
$MailBody     = $a;  
mail($MailTo,$MailSubj,$MailBody,"From: $MailFrom");

The client's host suggested adding something to the end of the submission, but I need a second opinion before I proceed. Their code is below:

$MailFrom    = "[e-mail]";
$MailTo     = "$emails";
$MailSubj    = "$subject";
$MailBody     = $a;  
mail($MailTo,$MailSubj,$MailBody,"From: $MailFrom","[e-mail]");

What should I do? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

[dalecosp]

The addition of the fifth parameter is a fix suggested by the manual. Check www.php.net/mail - specifically the mail() function page. This may help with the "some people don't see a From: " issue...

The other issue sounds trickier, even. What's the scoop on $emails? There are byte/line length issues in larger address fields, for example (see RFC 821). It might be necessary to set the addys in an array and loop though, concatenating them as cc: lines in the $header variable....

Also, generally it's a good idea to use tty_style line endings in the "headers", so it'd be:

"From: $MailFrom\r\n"

... and perhaps that is the issue with the dissappearing "From:" lines....

[reub77]

How do I send cc: bcc: in this mail() function?

[dalecosp]

You're already using a mailheader. CC and BCC are also part of this specification.

$to="[e-mail]";
$subject="Check this site out!";
$message="My new site is now online.  Come and see it, please!";
$headers="From: [email][e-mail][/email]\r\n";
$headers.="cc: [email][e-mail][/email]\r\n";
$headers.="bcc: [email][e-mail][/email]\r\n";

$success=mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if ($success) { echo "Mail sent successfully!!"; }