how to stop mail() errors going to postmaster@etc. ..?

[Mike]

Hi,
In my web form, which registers email addresses, my php script does
some email validation, but people still mistype email addresses which
are in a valid format but don't exist.
PHP tries to send them an email, using the mail() function and an
error is bounced back to po********@serv er.name
How can I make sure that the errors aren't bounced back to the
postmaster? He doesn't like them!
Thnks,
Mike

[Pedro]

Mike wrote:

In my web form, which registers email addresses, my php script does
some email validation, but people still mistype email addresses which
are in a valid format but don't exist.
PHP tries to send them an email, using the mail() function and an
error is bounced back to po********@serv er.name
How can I make sure that the errors aren't bounced back to the
postmaster? He doesn't like them!

Not sure if this works ...

<?php
ini_set('sendma il_from', 'YOUR_BOUNCE_AD DRESS@HERE');
// ...
mail('i******** *@adress.com', $sbj, $msg);
?>

I guess your php.ini has
se************* *********@serve r.com

The idea with the above script is to change that :-)
HTH

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[Mike]

Pedro <he****@hotpop. com> wrote in message news:<bl******* *****@ID-203069.news.uni-berlin.de>...

Mike wrote:

In my web form, which registers email addresses, my php script does
some email validation, but people still mistype email addresses which
are in a valid format but don't exist.
PHP tries to send them an email, using the mail() function and an
error is bounced back to po********@serv er.name
How can I make sure that the errors aren't bounced back to the
postmaster? He doesn't like them!

Not sure if this works ...

<?php
ini_set('sendma il_from', 'YOUR_BOUNCE_AD DRESS@HERE');
// ...
mail('i******** *@adress.com', $sbj, $msg);
?>

I guess your php.ini has
se************* *********@serve r.com

The idea with the above script is to change that :-)

Thanks,
Unfortunately it didn't work.
Neither did adding these values to the header:

$headers .= "Errors-To: m.*******@mikes address.uk\r\n";
$headers .= "Return-Path: m.*******@mikes address.uk\r\n";

Any other suggestions?
I guess this must be a fairly common scenario.
Thanks,
Mike

[Pedro]

Mike wrote:

Neither did adding these values to the header:

$headers .= "Errors-To: m.*******@mikes address.uk\r\n";
$headers .= "Return-Path: m.*******@mikes address.uk\r\n";

Any other suggestions?

What about using all that and the fifth parameter to the mail function?

<?php
mail($to, $sbj, $msg, $xhdr, '-f m.*******@mikes address.uk');
?>

if your server uses sendmail (or a compatible daemon).

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[Mike]

Pedro <he****@hotpop. com> wrote in message news:<bl******* *****@ID-203069.news.uni-berlin.de>...

Mike wrote:

Neither did adding these values to the header:

$headers .= "Errors-To: m.*******@mikes address.uk\r\n";
$headers .= "Return-Path: m.*******@mikes address.uk\r\n";

Any other suggestions?

What about using all that and the fifth parameter to the mail function?

<?php
mail($to, $sbj, $msg, $xhdr, '-f m.*******@mikes address.uk');
?>

if your server uses sendmail (or a compatible daemon).

Thanks Pedro,
That seems to have done the trick.
Cheers,
Mike