PHP Mail Script hitting error [duplicate] - php

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I have a PHP mail script set up and keep hitting the error "Something went wrong, go back and try again!" all the form fields have been checked and all the names match etc so I am wondering if there is something wrong with my script?
<form method="post" action="contact.php" id="contactForm">
<label for="name">Name</label>
<input type="text" id="name" name="name" class="name" />
<label for="email">Email</label>
<input type="text" id="email" name="email" class="email" />
<label for="phone">Phone</label>
<input type="text" id="phone" name="phone" class="phone" />
<label for="iam">I Am</label>
<select name="iam" class="iam" id="iam">
<option>a recruiter looking to recruit staff</option>
<option>a construction worker looking for work</option>
<option>requesting information</option>
</select>
<label for="message">Message</label>
<textarea name="message" id="message" class="message"></textarea>
<label for="captcha">What is 3+4?</label>
<input type="text" id="captcha" name="captcha" class="captcha" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" class="submit" />
</form>
<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$iam = $_POST['iam'];
$human = $_POST['captcha'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$from = 'From: Test';
$to = 'sales#test.com';
$headers = "From: $email";
$subject = 'Tradeline Contact';
$body = "From: $name\n E-Mail: $email\n Phone Number:\n $phone I Am:\n $iam Message:\n $message";
if ($_POST['submit'] && $human == '7') {
if (mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers, "-f " . $from)) {
echo '<p>Your message has been sent!</p>';
header( 'Location: http://urlhere.com/thankyou.html' ) ;
} else {
echo '<p>Something went wrong, go back and try again!</p>';
}
} else if ($_POST['submit'] && $human != '7') {
echo '<p>You answered the anti-spam question incorrectly!</p>';
}
?>
Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

You might want to change:
mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers, "-f " . $from)
to:
mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers."\r\n")
That way your mail headers will be in compliance.
Also, turn on error reporting. I happen to use error_reporting(7); right under the <?php line to turn on all common errors with the exception of catching undefined variables, and that will tell me if the mail function has problems.
Another thing you can do is check the mail server logs to see if mail is actually being sent.
I'm sure you already did this, but in case you haven't, make sure you use valid email addresses.