mail() To: header in PHP 4.4.4

[Andrew Aronoff]

I'm using the mail() function on a Linux server.

Under PHP 4.4.3, the followng code worked as expected:

$dest="we*******@mydomain.com";
$subject="something here";
$body="contents here";
$headers = "From: fname lname <na**@xxx.com\n"."To: myfname mylname
<we*******@mydomain.com>" ;

mail($dest,$subject,$body,$headers)

The received email message contained the following headers:

To: myfname mylname <we*******@mydomain.com>
From: fname lname <na**@xxx.com
Subject: something here

Under PHP 4.4.4, the code works differently. The additional_parameters
"To:" data is concatenated to the initial "to" parameter and no longer
replaces it.

The received email message contains the following headers:

To: we*******@mydomain.com, myfname mylname <we*******@mydomain.com>
From: fname lname <na**@domain.com
Subject: something here

What are the (new) rules for the mail() function to obtain a To: field
formatted as "fname lname <na**@domain.com>"?

Is this rules change documented somewhere?

regards, Andy
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[Krzysiek]

Andrew Aronoff wrote:

mail($dest,$subject,$body,$headers)

add new value after headers:

, "-f****@MAIL.XX")

and that is it, works for me!

[Andrew Aronoff]

>add new value after headers:

>
, "-f****@MAIL.XX")

I want email addresses to be in the format "fname lname <address>".

Please show how that can be done for the To: address so that only a
single address appears in the To: header:

To: fname lname <address>

regards, Andy
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[Alvaro G. Vicario]

*** Krzysiek escribió/wrote (Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:16:04 +0200):

, "-f****@MAIL.XX")

and that is it, works for me!

This sets the return path parameter, so undelivered mail gets returned to
that address.
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