[Resolved] php problem or mail server issue?

[jacksonpt]

I recently setup a mail server and I've started generating e-mails with php scripts using the mail() function. Here is what I'm currently doing:

   $Recipient = $Email;
   $Subject = "Bearcat Welcome Days";
   $Headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
   $Headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
   $Headers .= 'From: BU Admissions' . "\r\n";
   $ConfirmationMessage = "blah blah blah";
   mail($Recipient, $Subject, $ConfirmationMessage, $Headers);

The messages are sent and everything is great, with one exception. When I receive the e-mail, the From field reads:
[e-mail]

Is there any way I can change this? I work on a college campus and I assume that is set by a DNS server our computing center has running... something I have no access to or control over.

Any help would be great.

[id10t]

Try something like

ini_set("sendmail_from","[e-mail]");

[jacksonpt]

Originally posted by id10t
Try something like

ini_set("sendmail_from","[e-mail]");

no change.

[jacksonpt]

OK... I know it's possible...

I also run vbulltin forums, and the e-mails generated by vbulletin come through with a customized FROM header... just gotta figure out how they do it.

[neerav]

Have you tried:

 $Headers .= 'From: BU Admissions <[e-mail]>' . "\r\n"; 

That helped mask the default email address on my system. The default is still there somewhere in the headers, but it's not the main address displayed in the email client.

[jacksonpt]

Originally posted by neerav
Have you tried:

 $Headers_.=_'From: BU Admissions <[e-mail]>'_._"\r\n"; 

That helped mask the default email address on my system. The default is still there somewhere in the headers, but it's not the main address displayed in the email client. [/B]

Awesome - that worked... Thanks!

[neerav]

You're welcome. 🙂