well this is actually what I did tho, I used an $email var and set it too
$from which I used mail()....and it still came out as nobody
> From: "W.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > so there is no way to pull this variable from an email form field?
> >
>
>
> Eh? Of course, $from can be set by a form field if you want. Or a
database,
> or any way you can set a variable. Then pass it to mail(), per my last
> message.
>
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > > From: "W.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > > I'm using a remote host, and when I call mail() with all the var's
> > pulling
> > > > values from form fields, it still shows as nobody in from header. Is
> > this
> > > a
> > > > server situation? Theyre using php4 support and they claim its that
> I'm
> > > not
> > > > using appropriate variables in the function.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > You have to set the From header manually:
> > >
> > >
> > > <?php
> > > $to = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> > > $from = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> > > $subject = "Blah";
> > > $body = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.";
> > >
> > > mail($to, $subject, $body, "From: $from");
> > > ?>
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Simon Garner
> >
>
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