Posted by Tyrone Slothrop on 01/08/07 16:47

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:14:21 +0100, "Jeff"
<it_consultant1@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote:

>Hey
>
>I'm developing a web site using php version 5.2.0. Users are offered to
>register at the web site. To complete the registration the user will get an
>email containg a link he need to use for to activate his account....
>
>But sending email from my web site isn't working.
>I get this error:
>Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or
>custom "From:" header missing in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\registration.php on
>line 21
>
>This is the code the errror message above is refering to:
>mail($email, "test av website", "helloworld", "it_consultant1@hotmail.com");
>
>my php.ini:
>; For Win32 only.
>sendmail_from = it_consultant1@hotmail.com
>
>; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default:
>"sendmail -t -i").
>;sendmail_path =
>
>This is on a winXP computer, so I didn't set the sendmail_path (the php.ini
>says sendmail_path is for unix only)
>
>Any suggestions on what I should do to solve this?
>
>Jeff

I believe your problem is with the header that you are sending. The
format for the mail function is:
mail ($to, $subject, $text_body, $headers);

Headers must be formed in an acceptable format:
$headers = "From: someone@somedomain.com\nBcc: bcc@somedomain.com\n";
etc.

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