mail function help

[vMan]

I opened up a site on tripod (for testing purposes) and i'm trying to use the mail function in the following way:

mail($to, $subject, $body, "From : Example <[e-mail]>");

yet when i get the mail in the "from" section i see:
From: Example <[e-mail]>

does anyone know how do i change it to <[e-mail]> ?

[bradgrafelman]

Try removing the space between 'From' and the colon in the e-mail headers.

[vMan]

i'm guessing lycos override this because no matter how i write it it i always get From: Example <[e-mail]>

[bradgrafelman]

You could also try using the "-f<email>" syntax in [man]mail/man's additional_parameters (the 5th parameter).

[vMan]

still nothing...

[bradgrafelman]

Then you're most likely correct - the host has configured the MTA to override any "From" e-mail header to prevent abuse of their services.

Besides, if your From e-mail address doesn't match the domain you're sending mail from, it's likely that your messages will get blocked as spam anyway.

[vMan]

thanks anyway !

[freebird2]

oh,very useful for me, thanks!