Need help understanding input['fromemail'] syntax...?

[maven4champ]

Greetings,

I am working in myBB forum php and I have made some code adjustments where you can email an alternate registered user address instead of the default email address. This address happens to go to a console called the Nintendo Wii.

Therefore, in order for the Wii to accept the email to your console, it must be registered on your console as [e-mail] as an example.

I have setup where the emailto populates from my database and the script actually sends an email now but it gets bounced/blocked because its not FROM a valid wii.com address. Here is my code. Any help in understanding how the fromemail works and what I can do to get it to default to the logged in user's wiimail address would be great.

I know SQL more than anything and can write the sql statement in php to fetch the user's address for the FROM and then send the email to the user they are clicking on.

// <----- Begin WiiXchange Mod ----->
elseif($mybb->input['action'] == "wiimailuser")
{
	$plugins->run_hooks("member_wiimailuser_start");

if($mybb->usergroup['cansendemail'] == "no")
{
	error_no_permission();
}
if($mybb->input['uid'])
{
	$query = $db->simple_select(TABLE_PREFIX."wiixchange", "wiimail, hidewiimail", "uid='".intval($mybb->input['uid'])."'");
	$emailto = $db->fetch_array($query);
	if(!$emailto['wiimail'])
	{
		error($lang->error_invalidpmrecipient);
	}
	if($emailto['hidewiimail'] != "no")
	{
		error($lang->error_hideemail);
	}
}
if($mybb->user['uid'] == 0)
{
	eval("\$guestfields = \"".$templates->get("member_wiimailuser_guest")."\";");
}

$plugins->run_hooks("member_wiimailuser_end");

eval("\$emailuser = \"".$templates->get("member_wiimailuser")."\";");
output_page($emailuser);
}
// <----- End WiiXchange Mod ----->
// <----- Begin WiiXchange Mod ----->
elseif($mybb->input['action'] == "do_wiimailuser" && $mybb->request_method == "post")
{
	$plugins->run_hooks("member_do_wiimailuser_start");

if($mybb->usergroup['cansendemail'] == "no")
{
	error_no_permission();
}
$query = $db->simple_select(TABLE_PREFIX."wiixchange", "uid, wiimail, wii_email, hidewiimail", "wiimail='".$db->escape_string($mybb->input['touser'])."'");
$emailto = $db->fetch_array($query);
if(!$emailto['wiimail'])
{
	error($lang->error_invalidpmrecipient);
}
if($emailto['hidewiimail'] != "no")
{
	error($lang->error_hideemail);
}
if(!$mybb->input['subject'] || !$mybb->input['message'])
{
	error($lang->error_incompletefields);
}
if($mybb->user['uid'] == 0)
{
	if(!preg_match("/^(.+)@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+$/si", $mybb->input['fromemail']))
	{
		error($lang->error_invalidemail);
	}
	if(!$mybb->input['fromemail'])
	{
		error($lang->error_incompletefields);
	}
	$from = $mybb->input['fromemail'];
}
else
{
	$from = $mybb->user['fromemail'];
}
my_mail($emailto['wii_email'], $parser->parse_badwords($mybb->input['subject']), $parser->parse_badwords($mybb->input['message']), $from);

$plugins->run_hooks("member_do_wiimailuser_end");

redirect("member.php?action=profile&uid=$emailto[uid]", $lang->redirect_emailsent);
}
// <----- End WiiXchange Mod ----->

[maven4champ]

TOP...

I think I understand now how this works however I need to define the from_email as [e-mail].

My php info file shows

sendmail_from = no value
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
smtp = localhost

with that said, how do I define the value of from_email to an address stored in my MySQL database that is from a wii.com email account?

[maven4champ]

Has anyone been able to look at this. I haven't yet been able to figure it out. I have been digging in the code and trying to understand this but for the life of me I can't.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated.

I have posted my code and can explain more of what I am trying to accomplish if needed.

Thanks so much!

[maven4champ]

If possible, what I am trying to accomplish is to send an email from a location other than my localhost or network. Using the code to just send a standard email works fine however trying to send the email from w###############@wii.com doesn't work and the email is never received...not even sure if it gets sent out or not and its just getting blocked?