Posted by Gordon Burditt on 12/13/06 19:28

>As I am just beginning to learn php I had to fish a free form script from the
>web. The script works fine, it processes the data filled in, including the
>sender's email address and sends an email to me with the data.
>
>When I hit the reply-button in my default email client (TheBat!), all is well
>and a new email with the sender's address in the to: - field is generated.

Beware: TheBat! is well-known as a spammer's mailer (even if the
spammers just fake headers from TheBat!) and it's often blocked.

>But when that same email is opened in Outlook Express, and I hit the reply-to
>button, the to: field only shows the name of the sender, not the full email
>address (it does appear in the body of the message though).

It's my observation that although OE only *SHOWS* the name, the
email address really is there, and it will really send it. Where
it gets irritating is when the email address is there but WRONG,
and OE refuses to show it to the user, so you can't get the actual
email address to correct it.

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