$body = 'This is a test';
$subject = 'Confirmation';
$headers = 'From: Testing Site' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: admin#myserver.com' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html;charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion(). "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Delivery-Date: ' . date("r") . "\r\n";
//$headers .= 'Message-Id: <20140316055950.DA8ED58A13CE#myserver.com>' . "\r\n";
mail("example#hotmail.com", $subject, $body, $headers, "-f admin#myserver.com");
mail("example#gmail.com", $subject, $body, $headers, "-f admin#myserver.com");
Emails send fine to Gmail but are always rejected by Hotmail with this error:
host mx1.hotmail.com[65.55.33.119] said: 550 5.7.0 (COL0-MC5-F28)
Message could not be delivered. Please ensure the message is RFC 5322
compliant. (in reply to end of DATA command).
Message ID header is generated automatically by the server but it doesn't help to supply one manually either.
Why isn't Hotmail happy?
Mail server has SPF record, reverse DNS, is not blacklisted and passes all checks at mxtoolbox.com.
The From header is invalid. It must have the following syntax:
From: "name" <email-address>
In your case:
From: "Testing Site" <admin#myserver.com>
The same goes for your Reply-To header:
Reply-To: "Testing Site" <admin#myserver.com>
Which you can omit if it's the same as the From header (like in your case).
PS: RFC 2822 doesn't state that the display-name in an address should be quoted. In other words: the following 3 headers should all work:
From: "Testing Site" <admin#myserver.com>
From: 'Testing Site' <admin#myserver.com>
From: Testing Site <admin#myserver.com>
If you're using WordPress, you can look up plugin for Hotmail/Outlook friendly emailing capability.
However if it is a standalone script you might wanna look into Microsoft's official answer to this query on the URL : http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail-osend/why-are-the-emails-sent-to-microsoft-account/b64e3e4a-0d93-40c8-8e28-4be849012f9c
In-short Email-Server provider has to fill this form (once) : https://support.live.com/eform.aspx?productKey=edfsmsbl3&ct=eformts&wa=wsignin1.0&scrx=1
In order to get their emails accepted by Hotmail/Outlook.
Using the PHPMailer library to send mail instead of the mail() function has finally sorted this problem and is the working solution for me. Answer by Jasper N. Brouwer probably more correctly answers the question though I've not had a chance to try it.
1 ) Go to SPF record wizard
2) create a new SPF record for your DNS domain
3) Add that DNS record to your domain's DNS
4) if you fail somewhere in the process, read the detailed SPF record specification
After you complete this process HOTMAIL will be happy with your email.
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I'm building a website that sends and email to a user when he registers.
My code (the gist of it):
<?php
$to = "helloworld#gmail.com";
$subject = "Test mail";
$message = "Hello! \nThis is a simple email message.";
$headers = "From: munged#gmail.com";
$headers .= "\r\nReply-To: munged#gmail.com";
$headers .= "\r\nX-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion();
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";
?>
the problem is that when the mail is delivered, the from header remains munged#box123.bluehost.com, while reply-to gets changed to the specified value.
box123.bluehost.com is the hostname of the server on which the website is hosted.
So what am I doing wrong? What can I do to get the "From" address the same as the reply-to address?
Is it something I'm doing wrong, or is the web host playing foul?
Edit: I just noted that you are trying to use a gmail address as the from value. This is not going to work, and the ISP is right in overwriting it. If you want to redirect the replies to your outgoing messages, use reply-to.
A workaround for valid addresses that works with many ISPs:
try adding a fifth parameter to your mail() command:
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers,"-f your#email.here");
It turns out the original poster's server (blueHost) has a FAQ concerning this very question.
Article 206.
This is because our servers require you (or your script) to use a properly formatted, valid From: field in the email's header. If the From: field is not formatted correctly, empty or the email address does not exist in the cPanel, the From: address will be changed to username#box###.bluehost.com.
You must change the script you are using to correctly use a valid From: header.
Examples of headers that should work would be:
From: user#domain.com
From: "user" <user#domain.com>
Examples of headers that will NOT work:
From: "user#domain.com"
From: user # domain.com
From: user#domain.com <user#domain.com>
Our servers will not accept the name for the email address and the email address to be the same. It will not accept a double declaration of the email address.
For scripts such as Joomla and Wordpress, you will need to follow their documentation for formatting the from fields properly. Wordpress will require the Mail From plugin.
Note: The email address you use must be a valid created account in the
cPanel.
I had the same Issue, I checked the php.net site. And found the right format.
This is my updated code.
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: ' . $fromName . ' <' . $fromEmail .'>' . " \r\n" .
'Reply-To: '. $fromEmail . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
The \r\n should be in double quotes(") itself, the single quotes(') will not work.
In order to prevent phishing, some mail servers prevent the From from being rewritten.
I realize this is an old thread, but i had the same problem since i moved to bluehost yesterday. It may not have been the selected answer but i support the bluehost article 206 reply.
I created a valid email in control panel and used it as my From address and it worked.
I solved this by adding email accounts in Cpanel and also adding that same email to the header from field like this
$header = 'From: XXXXXXXX <test#test.org>' . "\r\n";
The web host is not really playing foul. It's not strictly according to the rules - but compared with some some of the amazing inventions intended to prevent spam, its not a particularly bad one.
If you really do want to send mail from '#gmail.com' why not just use the gmail SMTP service? If you can't reconfigure the server where PHP is running, then there are lots of email wrapper tools out there which allow you to specify a custom SMTP relay phpmailer springs to mind.
C.
headers were not working for me on my shared hosting, reason was i was using my hotmail email address in header.
i created a email on my cpanel and i set that same email in the header yeah it worked like a charm!
$header = 'From: ShopFive <site#mysite.org>' . "\r\n";
I have a WebFaction server and the following code:
$to = "outreach#bmun.org";
$reply_to = "From: " . $_POST['email'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
$subject = "Outreach Request Session for " . $_POST['school'] . " on " . $_POST['date'];
$em = $_POST['message'] . "\n-" . $name;
$sentmail = mail($to, $subject, $em, $reply_to);
$sentmail returns true, but the email is not sending for some reason.
$sentmail returns true, but the email is not sending for some reason.
The mail function in PHP simply sends the mail via an MTA (mail transfer agent) on the server. A true can just mean the local MTA accepted it. But that is not all you need.
First, does your hosting provider actually allow outgoing mail? Or are messages sent to a virtual “black hole?”
Now, let’s assume that your local MTA—most likely sendmail—works, and the mail jumped off of the server & made it into the real world. Okay, great!
But not so fast…
The thing is just because you send a mail, it doesn’t mean that the receiving end thinks the mail is valid. And chances are the receiving end has decided a random e-mail sent off of a random server is simply SPAM.
I have posted a more detailed answer here, but when it comes to SPAM it basically boils down to this: Do you have an SPF (Sender Policy Framework) record setup for your domain? Do you also have a PTR (reverse DNS) record set for that domain?
If you do not have an SPF or PTR record, the chance of your message simply being flagged as SPAM is quite high.
If you are serious about sending mails off of your server, you need to at least get your SPF record & PTR record set.
You don't have any headers in your email.
Although they don't seem to be required, your emails will be blocked by spamcheckers a whole lot sooner.
This is an example:
<?php
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" ;
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n";
$headers .= "X-Priority: 1 (Highest)\n";
$headers .= "X-MSMail-Priority: High\n";
$headers .= "Importance: High\n";
$status = mail($to, $subject, $message,$headers);
?>
<?php
$to = 'xyz#hotmail.com';
$subject = 'the subject';
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers = 'From: acb#gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
'Reply-To: acb#gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
$message = 'hi hello';
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
echo 'mail sent';
?>
As I am sending mail using above code .. it is working fine ..
but mails are not going to hot mail...
can anyone help me in this please
This can be a plethora of things. One of the more common ones is that you are telling them you are sending mail from a gmail account but are not actually connecting to them from a gmail server.
If you could provide us with more information (specifically, lines concerning delivery from your mail.log) we could help better but most likely it is either that you aren't allowed to send mail for gmail and/or that your server is marked as "bad" by hotmail.
The hotmail spam filter stopped it, and with good reason. Advise i can give you:
Send it to yourself, and see the raw message. You may find that the From: address has changed and differs form the Reply-To:. To avoid that, send the email via SMTP instead.
If the domain you send from has a SPF DNS record, that may help. Spam filters use this to look up the authenticity of emails that claim to come from a certain domain.
This is why the #gmail.com address you used is certainly not going to pass through..
I got my mail script to work properly but I don't understand why PHP mail doesn't require me to enter the password for the from address.
Isn't it this dangerous? Couldn't someone use someone else's email to send inappropriate messages?
The mail script I used:
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: ' . $from . "\r\n";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
In other words: lets say if the I put your email address as the value of $from, that will send emails under your address.
Couldn't someone use someone else's email to send inappropriate messages?
Yes. If you check your spam filter, you'll see lots and lots of these - messages that appear to be from major companies, government institutions, etc.
The way to prevent this is not a password, but proper SPF and DKIM records in your domain name's DNS settings.
from address come with server extension, errror info#gmail.com via ecbiz132.hostername.com . how to solve this
$subject = "confirmation";
$from = "info#gmail.com";
$to = $email;
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'To:<'.$to.'>' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: <'.$from.'>' . "\r\n";
$senad_replay = mail($to, $subject, $content, $headers, $from);
// errror info#gmail.com via ecbiz132.hostername.com . how to solve this
Yes, you can get rid the "via" part. Here's the details:
1) SPF and DKIM
Firstly, you would need to set an SPF record for the domain you are sending emails from and enable DKIM as well. These are primarily for identifying your messages against spam.
2) "From: anything#yourdomain.com"
Secondly, make sure you are setting the “From: ” header to be an email address on the domain you are sending messages from. Don’t pretend to be someone else. Use “From: someone#abc.com” if you are sending the messages from abc.com, rather than anything else, such as blah#def.com, or yours#gmail.com, or whatever. If you want the recipient to reply to your Gmail email instead of your domain email, use the “Reply-To: ” header. “From: ” must always be the domain email that you are sending the email from.
3) "Return-Path: return#yourdomain.com"
Thirdly and most importantly, set the “Return-Path: ” header to be the same domain as that of the “From: ” header. Use the 5th parameter of the mail() function for this:
mail('recipient#example.com', 'Subject', "Message Body", $headers, '-freturn#yourdomain.com')
So the Return-Path of this message would be “return#yourdomain.com” (the email address immediately following the -f switch). The $headers parameter should contain all the necessary message headers. Make sure “From: ” is something#yourdomain.com.
After these steps and measures, Gmail should now completely trust your messages from yourdomain.com. The ‘via‘ field of your messages should be gone and the ‘mailed-by‘ field as well as the ‘signed-by‘ field should be correctly showing up as yourdomain.com.
Hope it helps!