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  • thehuby
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    PHPMailer On Behalf Of

    Does anyone know how I can send an email using PHPMailer (or similar)
    and have it send 'on behalf of' someone.

    This is for a tell a friend feature on a website (I am trying to mimic
    the way that the BBC website does it as I believe this will help with
    the more strict spam filters). I know I could just send the email
    directly from our sites email address, but that would stop the
    recipient being able to reply to the friend sending the email.

    I hope that makes sense!

    Regards,

    Rick

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    • NC
      #2
      Re: PHPMailer On Behalf Of

      thehuby wrote:
      >
      Does anyone know how I can send an email using
      PHPMailer (or similar) and have it send 'on behalf of'
      someone.
      There are things beyond PHP here. Your outgoing mail server must
      permit this. Many hosting companies do not allow sending mail with
      "From:" headers containing addresses that do not belong to the domain
      being hosted.

      If this is not a problem, there are plenty of examples at phpMailer Web
      site:

      http://phpmailer.sf.net/


      Cheers,
      NC

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        • Alvaro G. Vicario
          #3
          Re: PHPMailer On Behalf Of

          *** thehuby escribió/wrote (8 Sep 2006 04:24:10 -0700):
          Does anyone know how I can send an email using PHPMailer (or similar)
          and have it send 'on behalf of' someone.
          >
          This is for a tell a friend feature on a website (I am trying to mimic
          the way that the BBC website does it as I believe this will help with
          the more strict spam filters). I know I could just send the email
          directly from our sites email address, but that would stop the
          recipient being able to reply to the friend sending the email.
          Since it is your web site the one that's actually sending the message, I'd
          put your site's e-mail in the "From" field and the visitor's address in the
          "Reply-to" field, along with a brief explanation.


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            • thehuby
              #4
              Re: PHPMailer On Behalf Of

              Thanks for the suggestions - I have gone with the Reply To option for
              simplicity.

              Very simple using PHPMailer - I doubt my host would have changed their
              mail system settings for me!

              Rick

              Alvaro G. Vicario wrote:
              *** thehuby escribió/wrote (8 Sep 2006 04:24:10 -0700):
              Does anyone know how I can send an email using PHPMailer (or similar)
              and have it send 'on behalf of' someone.

              This is for a tell a friend feature on a website (I am trying to mimic
              the way that the BBC website does it as I believe this will help with
              the more strict spam filters). I know I could just send the email
              directly from our sites email address, but that would stop the
              recipient being able to reply to the friend sending the email.
              >
              Since it is your web site the one that's actually sending the message, I'd
              put your site's e-mail in the "From" field and the visitor's address in the
              "Reply-to" field, along with a brief explanation.
              >
              >
              --
              -+ http://alvaro.es - Álvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain
              ++ Mi sitio sobre programación web: http://bits.demogracia.com
              +- Mi web de humor con rayos UVA: http://www.demogracia.com
              --

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