Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Changing "Return-Path" in PHP mail function - Help needed

[Marco Baurdoux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> Hi,
>> I've noticed that many ISPs are filtering emails by their header
>> information. So, if the email is sent by a PHP script using the mail()
>> function, it will be deleted by some hosts.
>> 
>> The email header sent from a php script has the following lines:
>> 
>> Return-Path: <httpd>
>> Received: (from httpd@localhost)
>> 
>> My question is.... is there a way to change this lines?
>> 
>> Any help would be very much apreciated.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Adrián Boismoreau
>> ___________________
>> S K Y  m e d i a
>> www.skymedia.com.ar
>> info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> mail (PHP 3, PHP 4 )
> 
> .......
> Example 3. Sending complex email.
> 
> /* recipients */
> 
> $recipient .= "Mary <mary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" . ", " ; //note the comma
> 
> $recipient .= "Kelly <kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> . ", ";
> 
> $recipient .= "ronabop@xxxxxxx";
> 
> /* subject */
> 
> $subject = "Birthday Reminders for August";
> 
> /* message */
> 
> $message .= "The following email includes a formatted ASCII table\n";
> 
> $message .= "Day \t\tMonth \t\tYear\n";
> 
> $message .= "3rd \t\tAug \t\t1970\n";
> 
> $message .= "17rd\t\tAug \t\t1973\n";
> 
> /* you can add a stock signature */
> 
> $message .= "-\r\n"; //Signature delimiter
> 
> $message .= "Birthday reminder copylefted by public domain";
> 
> /* additional header pieces for errors, From cc's, bcc's, etc */
> 
> $headers .= "From: Birthday Reminder <birthday@xxxxxxx>\n";
> 
> $headers .= "X-Sender: <birthday@xxxxxxx>\n";
> 
> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP\n"; // mailer
> 
> $headers .= "X-Priority: 1\n"; // Urgent message!
> 
> $headers .= "Return-Path: <birthday@xxxxxxx>\n"; // Return path for errors
> 
> /* If you want to send html mail, uncomment the following line */
> 
> // $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n"; // Mime type
> 
> $headers .= "cc:birthdayarchive@xxxxxxx\n"; // CC to
> 
> $headers .= "bcc:birthdaycheck@xxxxxxx, birthdaygifts@xxxxxxx\n"; // BCCs to
> 
> 
> 
> and finally...
> 
> 
> 
> /* and now mail it */
> 
> mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $headers);
> 

> and finally...
> mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $headers);

le 18.10.2001 0:55, Adrián Boismoreau à aboismoreau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx a
écrit :

> Yes, I've tested it, but the problem is that I cannot make the mail()
> function to use my headers. I puts always this:
> 
> Return-Path: <httpd>
> Received: (from httpd@localhost)
> 
> I think this if better for the PHP list.
> 
> Tanks for your help anyway.
> 
> Adrián E. Boismoreau
> __________________
> S K Y  m e d i a
> info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.skymedia.com.ar
> 

True, this will not change the return Path of the mailheader, for a quite
simple reason. The return path header is added by the first STMP server that
will treat the outgoing mail, in this case Sendmail, on your blue box. This
prevents identity spoofing.