CFMAIL question 2

[calista]

I am trying to set up my discussion board to automatically email a notice to the members of a list that a new message has been posted, much as this forum does.

I can send messages using typical email address form (e.g. JDoe@company.com), and when the message arrives, the "To" and "From" appear in that form. What I would like to do is have "To" and "From" show up as regular names (e.g. "John Doe&quot as our regular company email does. How do I accomplish this? BTW, I searched this forum and found 1 relevant thread, but I didn't really understand the answer. Thanks for any help! Calista :-X
Jedi Knight,
Champion of the Force

 

[scoopseven]

Calista try this in the to field:

to=&quot;Jane Doe <jane.doe@company.com>&quot;

 

[calista]

Thanks! That did the job! When you open the message, it shows both the name and the email address on &quot;From&quot;, but that's OK. Calista :-X
Jedi Knight,
Champion of the Force

 

[tlhawkins]

This is usually done like this:

<CFMAIL From=&quot;ME <myaddress@here.com>&quot;
To = &quot;You <youraddress@there.com>&quot;
Subject = &quot;HI&quot;>

It depends on your mail server though not all of them can handle it. I think Cfserver 4.5 and up can do it.

 

[tlhawkins]

SORRY Guys I was too slow.

Glad you got it.

 

[scoopseven]

tlhawkins,
FYI, you can do this in CF 4.0 as well.

scoop7