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--- php:mail [2006/05/23 01:20]
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+++ php:mail [2009/05/25 00:34] (current)
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+====== PHP mail function on *nix plaform ======
+==== Advance stuff ====
+  * [[http://www.marki-online.net/php-secure-sendmail/]]
+==== return-path rewrite ====
+    $mailFrom = "ValidMailbox@validdomain";
+    $mailTo = "ValidToAddress";
+    $mailSubject = "Useful Subject:  Here's my subject";
+    $mailSignature = "\n\n--\n";
+    $mailSignature .= "Your friendly Neighborhood web application.\n";
+    $mailSignature .= "For help and other information, see http://yourwebapp/help\n";
+    $mailBody ="blahblahblah\n";
+    $mailBody .= $mailSignature;
+    $mailHeader  = 'From: "'.$mailFrom.'" '."\r\n";
+    $mailHeader .= "Reply-To: $mailFrom\r\n";
+    $mailHeader .= "X-Mailer: ".MYSITE."\r\n";
+    $mailHeader .= "X-Sender-IP: {$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}\r\n";
+    $mailHeader .= "Bcc: ".MONITORADDRESS."\r\n";
+    $mailParams = "-f$mailFrom";
+    $mailResult = mail($mailTo,$mailSubject,$mailBody,$mailHeader,$mailParams);
+Be aware of this ''$mailParams = "-f$mailFrom";''
+in ''php.ini'' there is **''sendmail_path''** with default settings (for *nix): ''sendmail -t -i''
+read more at [[http://it.extension.org/wiki/Best_Practices_Using_the_PHP_mail_Function]]