Question

How can i use the mail by header in php?

This is what i use now:

//define the headers we want passed. Note that they are separated with \r\n

$headers = "From: [e-mail]\r\nReply-To:[e-mail]";

//send the email
$to = "[e-mail]";

 $subject = "This is a subject";

 $body = "Hi there!";

 if (mail($to, $subject, $body,$headers)) 
{

echo("\nMessages successfully sent!");

  } else {

   echo("\nMessages delivery failed...");
  }

I get this on my gmail when i click on show details:

from [e-mail]
reply-to [e-mail]
to [e-mail]
date Sat, May 14, 2011 at 12:06 AM
subject stefanos neofitidis! You commented on your poem:Tree present
mailed-by ip-1-1-1-1.ip.secureserver.net

i do not want to the ip-1-1-1-1.ip.secureserver.net to show up to the users…this is what i am trying to change!

Answer 1

What you want to do is add a fifth parameter in your mail() function, which needs to use the "-f" sendmail option.

For example:

mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers, "[e-mail]");

Sending a message with that last parameter will change the envelope sender to "[e-mail]". Most of the time, email providers like gmail won’t even show that address if it is set by hand(which is what you want, I’m assuming).

See https://www.php.net/function.mail for more details.