Mail's "from" getting reformatted

[Kevin]

Hi all,

This may not be a PHP issue, but I was hoping someone might know where to
look. I have a web app that a client purchased which sends an email using
PHP's "mail" function. If it sends a message of the format:
jsmith@example. com <John Smith>, it arrives with a from line looking like
this:

From: jsmith@example. com John.Smith@serv er.domain.com

Where the from name has gotten reformatted to look like an email address.
Where should I look for the cause of this? Is it sendmail.cf? PHP.ini?
Httpd.conf?

Thanks,
Kevin

[Ewoud Dronkert]

Re: Mail's &quot;from&quot ; getting reformatted

On Tue, 24 May 2005 09:44:23 -0400, Kevin wrote:[color=blue]
> jsmith@example. com <John Smith>[/color]

Wrong way around. Try: John Smith <jsmith@example .com>


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[Ewoud Dronkert]

Re: Mail's &quot;from&quot ; getting reformatted

On Tue, 24 May 2005 15:49:01 +0200, I wrote:[color=blue]
> Wrong way around. Try: John Smith <jsmith@example .com>[/color]

Btw, enclose the name in double quotes if it contains other characters
than a-z: "J. Smith" <jsmith@example .com>


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[Alvaro G Vicario]

Re: Mail's &quot;from&quot ; getting reformatted

*** Kevin wrote/escribió (Tue, 24 May 2005 09:44:23 -0400):[color=blue]
> If it sends a message of the format:
> jsmith@example. com <John Smith>, it arrives with a from line looking like
> this:
>
> From: jsmith@example. com John.Smith@serv er.domain.com[/color]

Whatever you enclose in < > chars is treated as an e-mail address. When
mail servers find an address that is not a FQDN (fully-qualified domain
name) they consider it a local recipient and they normally autocomplete the
adress appending server's main domain name.

As Ewoud points you probably mean this:

"John Smith" <jsmith@example .com>


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[Kevin]

Re: Mail's &quot;from&quot ; getting reformatted

Thanks to both of you. That was it. Looks like the authors of the
application got their mail format backwards.

- Kevin

"Alvaro G Vicario" <alvaro_QUITAR_ REMOVE@telecomp uteronline.com> wrote in
message news:7kk88zd29c 4f.sa8qp4wz0v3g $.dlg@40tude.ne t...[color=blue]
> *** Kevin wrote/escribió (Tue, 24 May 2005 09:44:23 -0400):[color=green]
>> If it sends a message of the format:
>> jsmith@example. com <John Smith>, it arrives with a from line looking like
>> this:
>>
>> From: jsmith@example. com John.Smith@serv er.domain.com[/color]
>
> Whatever you enclose in < > chars is treated as an e-mail address. When
> mail servers find an address that is not a FQDN (fully-qualified domain
> name) they consider it a local recipient and they normally autocomplete
> the
> adress appending server's main domain name.
>
> As Ewoud points you probably mean this:
>
> "John Smith" <jsmith@example .com>
>
>
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[Chris Hope]

Re: Mail's &quot;from&quot ; getting reformatted

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Tue, 24 May 2005 09:44:23 -0400, Kevin wrote:[color=green]
>> jsmith@example. com <John Smith>[/color]
>
> Wrong way around. Try: John Smith <jsmith@example .com>[/color]

It's also a good idea to put quotes around the name part eg

"John Smith" <jsmith@example .com>

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