[RESOLVED] BCC in Send Mail from Contact Form

[starcloud]

Under a previous post the send mail problem was resolved (ISP required SMTP.) However, I can't get the BCC to work, suggestions?!?!?

Here’s the revised portion of the PHP code:

/* Specify your SMTP Server, Port and Valid From Address */

ini_set("SMTP","mail.mydomain.com");
ini_set("smtp_port","25");
ini_set("sendmail_from","[e-mail]");

/* Additional Headers */

$mailheaders = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$mailheaders .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$mailheaders .= "From: $sender_name <$sender_email>\r\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $sender_email <$sender_email>\r\n";
mail("[e-mail]","Feedback",stripslashes($msg), $mailheaders);
$headers .= "Bcc:MyName<[e-mail]>\r\n";

header("Location: http://www.mydomain.com/thankyou.html"); / Redirect browser /
//This is the end of the PHP code
?>

[etully]

BCC isn't a function of SMTP. It's a trick that your email client (Eudora, Outlook, Thunderbird) plays to make you think that you're BCC'ing someone. What's really going on behind the scenes is that your email client sends out the message twice - once to the recipient and once to the bcc'd recipient.

Sendmail knows what "To", "From", and "CC" mean but it doesn't know "BCC" which is why you can't get it to work.

Therefore, when you're using PHP as your "email client", you simply need to send the mail twice.

[starcloud]

etully wrote:

BCC isn't a function of SMTP. It's a trick that your email client (Eudora, Outlook, Thunderbird) plays to make you think that you're BCC'ing someone. What's really going on behind the scenes is that your email client sends out the message twice - once to the recipient and once to the bcc'd recipient.

Sendmail knows what "To", "From", and "CC" mean but it doesn't know "BCC" which is why you can't get it to work.

Therefore, when you're using PHP as your "email client", you simply need to send the mail twice.

Your insight has been a huge help, thanks!