PHP Sendmail--remove From: Root User <me@website.com> from header

[iteach2]

Hi,

Im using PHP sendmail on an Apache/Windows server. Whenever an email is sent out - the From: header says Root User. For exp.


From:Root User <peoples@myswebsite.com>

How do I make it say something other than Root User.

From what I can tell, and I might be wrong, There is nowhere in the php.ini file that lets you change this setting.

 

[vacunita]

What are you using to send the email? If using [blue[mail()[/blue], add the header variable to define the from value:

$headers = "From: ".$fromname."<".$fromaddress.">"

mail($to,$subject,$message,[red]$headers[/red]);

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[iteach2]

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I am actually using phpmailer. Is there a way to do this with phpmailer- that u know of.

 

[vacunita]

I would think this should do it:

$mail->From = "from@example.com";

While you are creating the email.

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[barryna]

if you are putting form input values into the header of an email, especially with the mail() function, be sure to add code to prevent spammers from abusing your form. They can add extra headers that way.

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[iteach2]

This is what I have.

$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->Host = "mail.com.com";
$mail->From = "work@brill.com";

Could it be some setting on the mail server that we use to process/authenticate email transmissions.

 

[jpadie]

Does the mail server allow unauthenticated relay from your IP address?