problems with mail() and email forwarding

[Dave]

Hi All,
I'm experiencing problems with sending mail using mail() to forwarded
email accounts. The problem seems to revolve around the optional 4th
argument of mail(), namely 'additional headers'.

It seems that when I populate this 4th argument of mail(), any emails
sent to an email forwarding service email address (ukreg/fasthosts
actually) fail to reach their destination. Direct email addresses seem
to work fine.

Why is this?. Has anyone any ideas?.

Thanks in advance,
Dave

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(Dave)

>I'm experiencing problems with sending mail using mail() to forwarded
email accounts.

What problems?

>The problem seems to revolve around the optional 4th
argument of mail(), namely 'additional headers'.

It seems that when I populate this 4th argument of mail(), any emails
sent to an email forwarding service email address (ukreg/fasthosts
actually) fail to reach their destination. Direct email addresses seem
to work fine.

Why is this?. Has anyone any ideas?.

Some more details and/or code would help. What do you send as the 4th
parameter? What happens with the mails? Do they bounce? Are they
considered as spam? Does it rain when you send them?

Micha

[Geoff Berrow]

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Dave contained the following:

>It seems that when I populate this 4th argument of mail(), any emails
sent to an email forwarding service email address (ukreg/fasthosts
actually) fail to reach their destination. Direct email addresses seem
to work fine.

Why is this?. Has anyone any ideas?.

It will most likely be a Fasthosts thing. They have a tendency to do odd
things IME, especially on Windows hosting. Check their knowledgebase or
drop support a line.
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[Geoff Berrow]

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Berrow contained the following:

>

>>It seems that when I populate this 4th argument of mail(), any emails
sent to an email forwarding service email address (ukreg/fasthosts
actually) fail to reach their destination. Direct email addresses seem
to work fine.

Why is this?. Has anyone any ideas?.

It will most likely be a Fasthosts thing. They have a tendency to do odd
things IME, especially on Windows hosting. Check their knowledgebase or
drop support a line.

Just remembered. Last time I had a problem like this I had to add the
following line.

ini_set ("sendmail_from", "po********@example.com");

where the domain is the site domain.

I've no idea why, especially as the from address is being defined in the
4th parameter, but it works.

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[Dave]

On 24 Jun, 17:46, Michael Fesser <[e-mail]:

.oO(Dave)

I'm experiencing problems with sending mail using mail() to forwarded
email accounts.

What problems?

Try reading beyond the first sentence.

The problem seems to revolve around the optional 4th
argument of mail(), namely 'additional headers'.

It seems that when I populate this 4th argument of mail(), any emails
sent to an email forwarding service email address (ukreg/fasthosts
actually) fail to reach their destination. Direct email addresses seem
to work fine.

Why is this?. Has anyone any ideas?.

Some more details and/or code would help. What do you send as the 4th
parameter? What happens with the mails? Do they bounce? Are they
considered as spam? Does it rain when you send them?

I've experimented further, and these are my findings:
If I define the $headers (4th field) of the mail() function to say:

$headers = "From: fr*******@mydomain.co.uk";

then this will work for both fasthost and non-fasthost email
addresses. However, something like this:

$headers = "From: Fred Smith";

won't ever arrive if a fasthosts forwarding email address is used.
However, it seems ok for normal 'direct' email address.

Any ideas?. Is the second format for headers valid?.

Ta in advance,
Dave

[Jerry Stuckle]

Dave wrote:

On 24 Jun, 17:46, Michael Fesser <[e-mail]:

>.oO(Dave)

>>I'm experiencing problems with sending mail using mail() to forwarded
email accounts.

What problems?

Try reading beyond the first sentence.

>>The problem seems to revolve around the optional 4th
argument of mail(), namely 'additional headers'.
It seems that when I populate this 4th argument of mail(), any emails
sent to an email forwarding service email address (ukreg/fasthosts
actually) fail to reach their destination. Direct email addresses seem
to work fine.
Why is this?. Has anyone any ideas?.

Some more details and/or code would help. What do you send as the 4th
parameter? What happens with the mails? Do they bounce? Are they
considered as spam? Does it rain when you send them?

I've experimented further, and these are my findings:
If I define the $headers (4th field) of the mail() function to say:

$headers = "From: fr*******@mydomain.co.uk";

then this will work for both fasthost and non-fasthost email
addresses. However, something like this:

$headers = "From: Fred Smith";

won't ever arrive if a fasthosts forwarding email address is used.
However, it seems ok for normal 'direct' email address.

Any ideas?. Is the second format for headers valid?.

Ta in advance,
Dave

From: must include a valid email address. "Fred Smith" is not a valid
email address.

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