email from header

[SLANG]

Hi there,

I am wondering if there is any way to set FROM header so that the email address does not show...
I am doing this:

$headers = "To: $to \n";
$headers .= 'From: TEST<test@test.com>' . "\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

if (mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers)) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}

however, even though when received the sender says TEST, when opened it still says TEST <test@test.com>

I just want it to say TEST only
Can it be done?
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[jared]

The practice of showing only the name (TEST) in the mail list but the full From header (TEST <test@test.com>) when the message is opened is just normal e-mail client behaviour. The full header is TEST<test@test.com>, because that's what you're setting it to.

To state the obvious, you could just try taking out <test@test.com> and see what happens. I don't think this will work as you're expecting, though, because if I remember rightly PHP will add the default server address if none is supplied, I think it's the sendmail_from option in php.ini), even if you give a name in the From header.

Why would you want to do this anyway? E-mail comes from an e-mail address. Given you can actually specify any fake address you like (at the risk of annoying your users), does it really matter that it has to be a plausible one? -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --