[RESOLVED] Dead.letter message

[ClaytonBellmor]

I've got a dead.letter string appearing again whenever I submit an email form from my website.

Nothing seems out of place in my html or php code.

<form action="process.php" method="post">

<span class="formfield">Your Name:<br />
<input name="name" type="text" class="fielda">
</span>

<br />

<span class="formfield">Email:<br />
<input name="email" type="text" class="fielda">
</span>

<br />

<p class="smalltextc">Message</p>
<textarea name="message" cols="42" rows="12"></textarea>

<br />

<input type="SUBMIT" name="submit">

</form>

<?php 
     $to = "[e-mail]"; 

 $subject = "Message";

 $name = $_REQUEST['name'];

 $email = $_REQUEST['email'];

 $message = $_REQUEST['message'];

 $headers = "From: $email";

      $sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers, $name);

  	  if($sent)
	{
             print ("<img src=\"../imgs/thanks.png\" alt=\"Thank you\" class=\"imgb\"/><br /><div class=\"smalltextb\">Your email was sent successfully.</div>"); 
            }

            else

	{
             print ("<img src=\"../imgs/oops.png\" alt=\"Thank you\" class=\"imgb\"/><br /><div class=\"smalltextb\">There was a problem sending your quote. <br> Please hit the back button on your browser to re-send the form. <br>If the problem persists, please email me at [e-mail]</div>"); 
             }
?>

Is there something that I need to change in my php configuration file? Or is it simply something on my end? I really dislike how unprofessional it looks whenever someone submits an email.

Any help would be tremendous, because I don't think I can figure this out on my own. Thanks!

[rvdavid]

Hi there,

What exactly is a "dead.letter"? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that term.

regards,

[rvdavid]

ahhh ok... I think I get it...
This is happening because your server's sendmail is misconfigured. You will need to contact your host and advise them that this is happening.

regards,

[rvdavid]

actually, it's not sendmail at all - I missed this line:

          $sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers, $name); 

Change that to this:

          $sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers); 

This should do the trick. 🙂 Good luck with it.

and change the $headers variable to this:

     $headers = "From: $name <$email>"; 

[ClaytonBellmor]

Thank you for your help. I'll give this a try.

[EDIT]

Hey, it seems to be working now. I guess I was fooling around with the code. I'm not a developer, so I really shouldn't be doing that. Lesson learned. Again, thanks a ton!

[rvdavid]

Great! Glad it worked out for you.

regards,