Can't you just set the "From" and "Reply-to" headers? <?php $headers = "From: buddy@xxxxxxxxxx\n" ."Reply-to: buddy@xxxxxxxxxx\n" ."\n"; mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers ); ?> BTW, if you look at Stut's post, and you're response, you've placed the "parameters" parameter in the "headers" parameter location, thus totally borking the purpose of setting the "parameters" parameter >:) Cheers, Rob. On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 00:39 -0400, BSumrall wrote: > Let's take it one step further for arguments sake. > > What is I wanted to change "nobody" as the sender to, let's just say Larry > or Curly, or Moe? > Making message header as; > Larry Shmuckatelli [info@xxxxxxxxxx] > Or > Curly Shmuckatelli [info@xxxxxxxxxx] > Or > Moe Shmuckatelli [info@xxxxxxxxxx] > > What is the php driving force that controls the "who sent me" function? > > -----Original Message----- > From: BSumrall [mailto:Brads@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 12:31 AM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: I have a problem with nobody! > > Well, I am now 1 step closer > > The php file do nor reference the importance of "having no spaces" between > the -f and email address. > -finfo@xxxxxxxxxx is key! > > But, still can't get rid of nobody. > > How do I make nobody disappear? > > Here is my message header now. > > Nobody [info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Using: > > mail ($to, $subject, $message, $header, > '-finfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'); > > -----Original Message----- > From: BSumrall [mailto:Brads@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 12:19 AM > To: 'Stut' > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: I have a problem with nobody! > > PS > mail ($to, $subject, $message, $header, '-f > info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'); > > doesn't work either. > > Still have nobody to deal with. > As per being RFC compliant! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stut [mailto:stuttle@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 12:15 AM > To: BSumrall > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: I have a problem with nobody! > > BSumrall wrote: > > I have read about a -f function. > > I tried > > mail ($to, $subject, $message, -f$header); > > mail -f($to, $subject, $message, $header); > > > > both result in parse error. > > Boy did you not read the documentation carefully! > > mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers, '-fsender@xxxxxxxxxx'); > > Go back and read http://php.net/function.mail properly. > > -Stut -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php