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buttjee
buttjee

Reputation: 97

php mail not working perfectly with outlook

I have a problem using PHP to send mail. The mail is received by Outlook correctly, but it does not show the "From" address in the e-mail.

$subject = $_POST['message_subject'];
$message = $_POST['speaker_description'];
$email   = $_POST['email'];
$option  = $_POST['sel_reg_options'];
$email   = substr_replace($email ,"",-1);

$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$headers .= "From:My Name<[email protected]>\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: Registration of Interest<[email protected]>\r\n";          
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0"."\r\n";
$mail_sent = @mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers);

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1094

Answers (2)

Michael
Michael

Reputation: 2046

I just recently switched my email scripts to PHPMailer. It has made creating and sending emails much easier. I no longer worry about incorrect headers and the intricacies around PHP and email. I haven't had any issues formatting emails so that they are received correctly in the several email clients out there either.

Upvotes: 0

MrFusion
MrFusion

Reputation: 911

You should enclose the name in double quotes (this also applies to the Reply-To address name):

$headers .= "From: \"My Name\" <[email protected]>\r\n";


Also, if running PHP on Unix, add the FROM envelope to the $additional_parameters parameter:

$mail_sent = @mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers,'-f [email protected]');


On the contrary, if running on Windows, set the sendmail_from INI directive either in php.ini or by using:

ini_set('sendmail_from', '[email protected]');


Sources: RFC2822, php.net user comment, IBM sendmail command reference

Upvotes: 2

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