Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/30/07 21:50

Dave wrote:
> On 24 Jun, 17:46, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> .oO(Dave)
>>
>>> I'm experiencing problems with sending mail using mail() to forwarded
>>> email accounts.
>> What problems?
>
> Try reading beyond the first sentence.
>
>>> The problem seems to revolve around the optional 4th
>>> argument of mail(), namely 'additional headers'.
>>> It seems that when I populate this 4th argument of mail(), any emails
>>> sent to an email forwarding service email address (ukreg/fasthosts
>>> actually) fail to reach their destination. Direct email addresses seem
>>> to work fine.
>>> Why is this?. Has anyone any ideas?.
>> Some more details and/or code would help. What do you send as the 4th
>> parameter? What happens with the mails? Do they bounce? Are they
>> considered as spam? Does it rain when you send them?
>
> I've experimented further, and these are my findings:
> If I define the $headers (4th field) of the mail() function to say:
>
> $headers = "From: fredsmith@mydomain.co.uk";
>
> then this will work for both fasthost and non-fasthost email
> addresses. However, something like this:
>
> $headers = "From: Fred Smith";
>
> won't ever arrive if a fasthosts forwarding email address is used.
> However, it seems ok for normal 'direct' email address.
>
> Any ideas?. Is the second format for headers valid?.
>
> Ta in advance,
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>

From: must include a valid email address. "Fred Smith" is not a valid
email address.

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