email headers in PHP

change who we're sending From:

[bwstyle]

I change the email headers within PHP to say they're from [e-mail] however in /var/log/maillog I see they're sent from [e-mail]. I feel like this is responsible for our email getting blocked on other mail systems.

Am I not setting From: correctly?

[ahmedtheking]

It's also good to spec Reply-To and Organization. But when you do from, don't just do an email address, do the name too:

Company Name <[e-mail]>

[FalseDawn]

Post your code and let's take a look.

[jatar_k]

try setting

From
Reply-To
Return-Path

one of these will override the default server address

[bwstyle]

I have set the Reply-To, From, and Return-Path. After the mail is sent, I can see the Return-Path has been changed to [e-mail] and Old-Return-Path is now set to my original Return-Path intended value.

It sounds like the mail server is rewriting this? Or is it apache?

[coopster]

It is likely the sendmail utility. Have a look at the -f switch. You can set it up at the server level or during runtime. mail [php.net]

[bwstyle]

I think I got it, thank you so much!

I had to use [e-mail] as an additional mail() parameter in PHP and I had to add root to /etc/mail/trusted-users.

[coopster]

You got it, nice work. I commend your resourcefulness.