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Debian configuring sendmail and php mail() - cannot change from address

  • Posted March 15, 2014

I am trying to set up sendmail to send from the php function mail().

I have looked through some of the questions and guides on this site, but cannot see anyone encountering my particular problem. I cannot specify the from address.

All mail seems to come from *@d1stkfactory rather than *.mydomain.

For example: <?php $to = ‘myemailaddress’; $subject = ‘What more tests’; $message = ‘Yeah, I suck at this.’; $headers = ‘From: server@mydomain.co.uk’ . “\r\n” . ‘Reply-To: server@mydomain.co.uk’; mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

The email comes through from server@d1stkfactory Any ideas?

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wilmadevsolutio • September 2, 2015

solve… reboot de droplet server nano /etc/mail/sendmail.mc MASQUERADEAS(d1stkfactory') replace by MASQUERADEAS(YOUR DOMAIN’)

ben632978 • February 17, 2015

Sorry to drag up this old thread, but, what if the server has multiple domains that all post out email.

jasonabullard • May 14, 2014

Edit the following file to change the default mail domain name <br> <br>sudo nano /etc/mailname

mail461860 • March 15, 2014

Stupid code example formating, trying again. <br> <br><?php <br>$to = ‘me@gmail.com’; <br>$subject = ‘What more tests’; <br>$message = ‘I suck at this.’; <br>$headers = ‘From: server@mydomain.co.uk’ . “\r\n” . <br> ‘Reply-To: server@mydomain.co.uk’; <br>mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);