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From: Geir on 3 Nov 2009 02:38
Hi

I need to use sendmail's -f switch in the wrapper at the end of this
message. Where / how do I put it?

-f <address>
This option sets the address of the envelope sender of a
locally-generated message (also known as the return path).
The option can normally be used only by a trusted user, but
untrusted_set_sender can be set to allow untrusted users to
use it.

regards geir


Code:

require_once('../class.phpmailer.php');
$mail = new PHPMailer(); // defaults to using php "mail()"
$mail->IsSendmail(); // telling the class to use SendMail transport
$body = file_get_contents('contents.html');
$body = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$body);
$mail->AddReplyTo("name(a)yourdomain.com","First Last");
$mail->SetFrom('name(a)yourdomain.com', 'First Last');
$mail->AddReplyTo("name(a)yourdomain.com","First Last");
$address = "whoto(a)otherdomain.com";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "John Doe");
$mail->Subject = "PHPMailer Test Subject via Sendmail, basic";
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible
email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer.gif"); // attachment
$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer_mini.gif"); // attachment
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo "Message sent!";
}
From: The Natural Philosopher on 3 Nov 2009 04:43
Geir wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to use sendmail's -f switch in the wrapper at the end of this
> message. Where / how do I put it?
>
> -f <address>
> This option sets the address of the envelope sender of a
> locally-generated message (also known as the return path).
> The option can normally be used only by a trusted user, but
> untrusted_set_sender can be set to allow untrusted users to
> use it.
>
> regards geir
>
>
> Code:
>
> require_once('../class.phpmailer.php');
> $mail = new PHPMailer(); // defaults to using php "mail()"
> $mail->IsSendmail(); // telling the class to use SendMail transport
> $body = file_get_contents('contents.html');
> $body = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$body);
> $mail->AddReplyTo("name(a)yourdomain.com","First Last");
> $mail->SetFrom('name(a)yourdomain.com', 'First Last');
> $mail->AddReplyTo("name(a)yourdomain.com","First Last");
> $address = "whoto(a)otherdomain.com";
> $mail->AddAddress($address, "John Doe");
> $mail->Subject = "PHPMailer Test Subject via Sendmail, basic";
> $mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible
> email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test
> $mail->MsgHTML($body);
> $mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer.gif"); // attachment
> $mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer_mini.gif"); // attachment
> if(!$mail->Send()) {
> echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
> } else {
> echo "Message sent!";
> }

Try using the simple mail() function, rather than the class object.
From: Maxwell Lol on 3 Nov 2009 07:35
The Natural Philosopher <tnp(a)invalid.invalid> writes:

> Try using the simple mail() function, rather than the class object.

That won't work.

He's trying to create a special "From: " address in the mail message,
so it's not from the web server account.

mail() won't do that, AFAIK.

To the OP, I looked inside the source of the file class.phpmailer.php

using http://www.organicdesign.co.nz/Class.phpmailer.php

And searched for the -f flag.
I'm guessing, but I think you need to set the Sender parameter, i.e.

$mail->Sender = "Billy Bob Thorton <bbthorton(a)gmail.com>";

It also says that safe_mode has to be zero.
I'm not sure how this is done.

Hmm. This Google reference says that the code may be buggy, and the source should be
changed.

http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-2686

And this URL says safe mode is deprecated
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.sect.safe-mode.php

And this URL says there is a security flaw in the process
http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution/

I don't know what version you are using. Be careful. Make sure you use
the latest version of the code. I suspect that if you misconfigure
it, and the web site is accessable from the net, spammers may hijack
your system to send junk email.


From: Maxwell Lol on 3 Nov 2009 07:42
Maxwell Lol <nospam(a)com.invalid> writes:

> The Natural Philosopher <tnp(a)invalid.invalid> writes:
>
>> Try using the simple mail() function, rather than the class object.
>
> That won't work.


Sorry - I was confused (thinking about mail(1) instead of php mail().
This URL says there is a way to do it:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

See additional_headers
And example #2

From: The Natural Philosopher on 3 Nov 2009 10:52
Maxwell Lol wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp(a)invalid.invalid> writes:
>
>> Try using the simple mail() function, rather than the class object.
>
> That won't work.
>
Tell my frigging copmuter that then. Works fine here.


> He's trying to create a special "From: " address in the mail message,
> so it's not from the web server account.
>
> mail() won't do that, AFAIK.
>

Works for me.
..

mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers, "-f ".$return_path );

does the job fine, as long as the web server UID is trusted.
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