[KLUG Members] Mail from PHP

[bill]

Yea, I've had similar problems with all sorts of spam blockers.  We have 
too many rabid spam blockers and not enough consideration of how we're 
bringing e-mail as a whole to a halt because legitimate mail isn't 
getting through.

You should be able to set the "From" header, as well as others, from 
within PHP but some ISPs still block the e-mail.  Sometimes you have to 
add a "From" and a "Reply-to" and they have to match.  But, in your 
case, it doesn't seem like even the "From" header is working.  So first, 
have you checked that $yada_yada is in quotes so the "from" header isn't 
appearing in the body of the email?

Because you're doing it from PHP, we'll assume you're not root.

Easiest fix is to look at the sendmail setting in PHP.ini. 
Alternatively, if you're using virtual hosts, you can have a default 
"from" by adding this directive in the config file (in httpd.conf, 
within each virtual host directive):

php_admin_value sendmail_path "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -f 
fromname@someserver.com"

Additionally

If you don't like the X-authentication-warning header from using the -f 
flag, you can remove authwarnings from sendmail's PrivacyOptions.

sendmail.mc: define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,...')dnl

sendmail.cf: O PrivacyOptions=authwarnings,...

Alternatively, from within you're PHP code, I've heard this can help:

mail($to, $subject, $body, $from, "-f $from_email_address");

Lastly for now, some ISPs ignore the From and Reply-to headings and want 
to run reverse DNS on the first "Received: from" line header, e.g.,

Received: from server1.billtronservices.com

So, setting reverse DNS on the name of your box can help.

kind regards,

bill

Robert G. Brown wrote:

>>>I'm using the php mail() function to send stuff to someone at charter.net, 
>>>like this...
>>>
>>>mail(someone@charter.net,"Response from the website",$yada_yada,
>>>      "From: thewebsite@thewebsotedomain.com");
>>>
>>>charter.net rejects it because it's from "apache@localhost.localdomain"
>>>
>>>How can that be changed?
>>>
>>>							Regards,
>>>							---> RGB <---