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E-Mail notification and the address it is sent from

middleeastfacts — GMT

Hi everybody,

When I get email notification that somebody has left a message in the guestbook, it comes from "nobody@ppp03-90070708-072.pt.lu" or an address like that. Is it possible to get the email from a set address?

I'm now using a product called SpamBunker that allows email through only from addresses that I have approved. Unfortunately though, with addresses like nobody@ppp03-90070708-072.pt.lu, which change all the time, I think I'll be having problems with getting the emails. Is there any work-around for this, so that all my emails come from a given address, say guestbook[at]middleeastfacts[dot]com?

Thanks!
Steve

ET — GMT

In the file add.class.php

you find this
[code]@mail($this->db->VARS["admin_mail"],$this->db->LANG["EmailAdminSubject"],"$this->name\n$this->host\n\n$this->comment", "From: <".$this->name."> nobody@$host\nX-Mailer: Advanced Guestbook 2");
}
if ($this->db->VARS["notify_admin"]==1 && $this->private==0) {
@mail($this->db->VARS["admin_mail"],$this->db->LANG["EmailAdminSubject"],"$this->name\n$this->host\n\n$this->comment", "From: <".$this->name."> nobody@$host\nX-Mailer: Advanced Guestbook 2");[/code]

Note the part that has [b]nobody@$host[/b]
I would assume that you could rename this to a specific email address of your choosing. I haven't tested this out or anything - just seems like the most logical solution - you could modify and test to see.

Carbonize — GMT

If you want the email to always come fom a specific address simply open up [b]lib/add.class.php[/b] and locate this line[code]if ($this->db->VARS["notify_admin"]==1 && $this->private==0) {[/code]on the next line simply replace[code]$from_email[/code]with the email address you wish it to come from. You can either leave the name that is sent with the email address or change it to something by editting the [b]".$this->name."[/b] part to say [b][/b]

Thanks

middleeastfacts — GMT

Hi guys,
Thanks for your assistance. What I did, that seemed to work, was change up, in the lib/add.class.php file:

[code]$from_email = ($this->email == "") ? "nobody@$host" : $this->email;[/code]

With:
[code]$from_email = ($this->email == "") ? "blah@middleeastfacts.com" : $this->email;[/code]

It worked like a charm!

Thanks again - your assistance helped me locate approximately where I could make the change.

Re: Thanks

Carbonize — GMT

[quote="middleeastfacts"]Hi guys,
Thanks for your assistance. What I did, that seemed to work, was change up, in the lib/add.class.php file:

[code]$from_email = ($this->email == "") ? "nobody@$host" : $this->email;[/code]

With:
[code]$from_email = ($this->email == "") ? "blah@middleeastfacts.com" : $this->email;[/code]

It worked like a charm!

Thanks again - your assistance helped me locate approximately where I could make the change.[/quote]
Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees. Your fix is the correct way as it is simple.