Posted by Justin on 11/18/20 11:44

YC wrote:
> I never had problem with this PHP page with mail() function with at
> least 5 different servers, but email sent through the server of this
> "T" company tends to get blocked by spam filters. I tested with my
> different email accounts and these are the results.
>
> * The mail is delivered to the "Inbox" of my AOL account.
> * The mail is delivered to the "Bulk Mail" folder of my hotmail and msn
> accounts.
> * The mail is delivered to the "Spam" folder of another account of
> mine.
> * The mail is not delivered to any of my two university accounts.
>
> One thing I noticed is that this "T" company hasn't setup the "From"
> section, unlike the other servers that I worked with before, so the
> mail is coming from "Nobody" <nobody@________>. I suggested the tech
> person of the company update the "php.ini" file, but he doesn't admit
> that's the issue. I tried manually adding the From with PHP coding
> with "$headers," but it didn't make any change.
>
> So any idea about this problem?
>
> YC
>
I had this issue with a moronic hoster that would not set the From:
variable in PHP.

I had to resort to setting this using ini_set function. Throw it in a
common file like the one you have you mysql connect details in.

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