need help with email form : cannot get the "from:" to appear on clients

[frank_grimes]

Basically, I've always used php forms on regular sites, and I finally integrated one with flash.

Here is my code first of all:

<?php
   if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'){
      $me = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
?>
<?php
   session_register("SESSION");
?>
</p>
<form name="form1" method="post"
         action="<?php echo $me;?>">
</form>
<?php
   }
   else {

   if (!session_is_registered("SESSION")){
   $errors[] = "Invalid form submission";
}
   // initialize a variable to 
   // put any errors we encounter into an array
   $errors = array();

   // check to see if a name was entered
   if (!$_POST['name'])
      // if not, add that error to our array
      $errors[] = "Please include your name";
   // check to see if a number was entered
   if (!$_POST['number'])
      // if not, add that error to our array
      $errors[] = "Please include a Phone Number where you can be reached";
   // check to see if a message was entered
   if (!$_POST['message'])
      // if not, add that error to our array
      $errors[] = "Please include the Project Details";
   // if there are any errors, display them
   if (count($errors)>0){
      echo "<strong>ERROR:<br>\n";
      foreach($errors as $err)
        echo "$err<br>\n";
   } else {
      // no errors, so we build our message
	  $recipient = 'info@__________.com';
      $from = stripslashes($_POST['name']);
	  $extra = "Reply-To: $email\r\n";
      $subject = "A visitor to __________.com has emailed you";
      $msg = "Message from $from.

  $from's phone number is $number and their email address is $email. 

  Here is the message that they sent you:\n\n" 

   .stripslashes($_POST['message']) ;

  if (mail($recipient,$subject,$extra,$msg,$from))
     echo "Thank you for you interest. We will get back to you shortly.\n\n\n
	 You may now close this window.";
  else
     echo "An unknown error occurred.";
   }

}
?>

Here is the corressponding email that is sent to [email]info@______.com[/email]

Message from Juan Carlos.

      Juan Carlos's phone number is 703-858-8863 and their email address is              [email][e-mail][/email].

      Here is the message that they sent you:

I am interested in a new patio for my very expensive mansion.

Reply-To: [e-mail]

Most everything is resolved except for two issues:

1) 'from:' on clients

No matter what I have tried, I cannot get the email that is inputted in the form to display in the header when it is recieved. All I get is "nobody" and the name of the DNS server my host uses.

For reference, the variables passed to POST from my flash site are:

-name
-email
-number
-message

2) email format. I edited the code to make the emails a little more presentable for but can only do so much. They client's message, in this case, "I am interested..." ends up left-jsutified and while everything above it is center-justified. I don't necessarily want soemthign as flashy as an HTML message with pictures and such, but that would be nice. Really, all I am interested in is making everything easier to read

Thanks🙂