I don't know why, but the senders email doesn't get formatted into the "From" field of the Header.
Instead, it prints this:
From:httpd@web136.opentransfer.com
How do I fix this?
Thanks,
Robert
Sender email not in "From" field
Mon, 07/23/2007 - 14:36
#2
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the response. You'll have to pardon me, but I'm not a PHP programmer, so you'll have to be a little more specific. I found what I think is the right area, but I'm not sure:
$mail_header = 'Return-Path: ' . eregi_replace($email_replace_array,'',$return_path) . $mail_newline;
if (FROM != null)
$mail_header .= 'From: ' . FROM . $mail_newline;
$mail_header .= 'Reply-to: ';
if (isset($realname))
$mail_header .= $realname . ' <' . eregi_replace($email_replace_array,'',$form['email']) . '>' . $mail_newline;
If you could tell me exactly where the change needs to be, I would appreciate it. I don't want to screw things up.
Thanks,
Robert
Fri, 08/08/2008 - 20:47
#3
Place the following just under the credits information, put your own info in and that should work if I understand correctly what you are trying to do.
// To change the address the e-mail comes from use define('FROM', 'Example Name ');
define('FROM', 'Example Name ');
Good Luck with it!
It's a two fold feature.
1) It allows things like Sender Permitted From (SPF) to work properly.
2) If someone is spamming through your site, it allows for a better trace back to your server.
I have run into a few people who want to change it for sorting reasons in their mail program. To fix it just take the variable from the reply-to line in the formmail.php file and replace the variable on the From line with it (It's ok to leave the reply-to line the way it is, it shouldn't hurt anything).
Andrew M Riley