problem with mail()

[ATLien]

$address = $email;
$subject = "Welcome To StudentsView.com";
$message = "Welcome To StudentsView.com\n\n";
$message .= "You are now a registered member of StudentsView.com. Please keep this email for your records. Your account information is as follows:\n\n";
$message .= "Username: $user\n";
$message .= "Password: $pass\n\n";
$message .= "Please do not forget your password as it has been encrypted in our database and we cannot retrieve it for you.\n\n";
$message .= "However, should you forget your password you can request a new one which will be activated in the same way as this account.\n\n";
$message .= "Click here to activate your account [url]http://www.studentsview.com/register.php?mode=activate&key=[/url]$key \n\n\n";
$message .= "Please fill out the rest of you profile once logged in. Click edit profile to finsh your registration process.\n\n";
$message .= "Thanks,\nThe StudentsView.com Staff";
$from = "From: [email][e-mail][/email]"; 

send_email($address, $subject, $message,  $from); 

function send_email($address, $subject, $message, $from){ 
   mail("$address", "$subject", "$message", "$from"); 
} 

Why is the from: not sending?

[stolzyboy]

don't know, but this line

$message .= "Click here to activate your account <a href="http://www.studentsview.com/register.php?mode=activate&key=" target="_blank">http://www.studentsview.com/registe...e=activate&key=</a>$key \n\n\n";

should be

$message .= "Click here to activate your account <a href=\"http://www.studentsview.com/register.php?mode=activate&key=\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.studentsview.com/registe...e=activate&key=</a>$key \n\n\n";