Changing "from" Field In Form Emails

[cherryo]

I'm just wondering is there's a way to change the "from" field when emails are sent from form responses on my site. Currently the email says it is from "username@server4.totalchoicehosting.com" and I would prefer to not have the recipients know my username. If that's not possible is there a way to add a username, one which I could then just make a generic name or, as a last resort, change my sole existing username to a generic name?

 

Thanks so much for any help!

[KevinW]

what did you use to create your forms? usually there is a place in the script for entering the email address that the form will be sent to. With TCH, you could easily setup a dummy email address, such as info@mysite.com and then have all email sent to info@mysite.com be forwardded to your real email address cherry@mysite.com

 

-kw

[cherryo]

Great idea! Never would have thought of that.

 

Thanks.

[KevinW]

you're welcome!

:-)

kw

[cherryo]

Hmmm. I hope I'm doing something wrong because when I set it up to forward the email it's being forwarded to the correct address from the dummy address but the "from" field is still saying "username@server4.totalchoicehosting.com" and the "to" field is saying the dummy address.

 

From what you advised, I was hoping the "from" would be the dummy address and the "to" would be the address being forwarded to.

 

I know that I've seen information on creating an alias and I thought I had followed those directions, but apparently I'm missing something.

 

As always, help is greatly appreciated!

[KevinW]

Please identify what software you are using to build and mail your form.

Can you give us your URL to look at it?

 

Setting up a forwarder won't work until you modify the source code script appropriately.

-kw

[champagnemojo]

Are you sure the people completing the forms are actually seeing that? If you're using Form-mail it shouldn't be showing them anything about what is being sent. It should just be redirecting them to a site of your choice. I'm just playing devil's advocate so that you won't do any unnecessary work here.

[cherryo]

Thanks for replying! I guess I should clarify that the forms are rsvp reply forms for my customer websites. They are set up to send emails to my customers when they receive a reply on their site. So while the people completing the form don't see it, when my customers receive the form responses, they see the from "username@server4.totalchoicehosting.com"

 

Instead of that, I'd like it to display "rsvp@mysite.com" or something other than what it is.

[Lianna]

Look at the capabilities of Phorm Junior. It has the ability to place the From contents as the email address from the form. Neat part about that is when you receive the email, you can just click Reply to send a response to the sender.

 

Turtle uses this product I think. I'm getting ready to replace the forms on my site with it as well. ...when time allows...

 

Lianna

[TCH-Don]

Yes I do use Phorm Jr

And I like it much better than formail.

But if the visitor does not add an email address,

you will see @server5.***** as the address.

You can set email as a required field,

but it does not check to see if it is a real address.

But the visitor does not know this and will probably be enough.

 

I am looking at the regular Phorm, more complex,

but will check email.

 

You can use the php form with multiple forms,

just call it with a name, and it will load the config file with that name,

and email output format with the same name.

 

The return email will look like what ever you want.

 

So this output format file

==============

Name: {{name}}

E-mail: {{PHORM_FROM}}

Location: {{location}}

web site: {{url}}

message: (from pets corner web site)

-----------------

{{Comments}}

-----------------

visitor IP address: {{REMOTE_ADDR}}

==============

 

will return the following email:

=================

----- Original Message -----

From: turtle@thepetscorner.com

To: contact@thepetscorner.com

Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:14 AM

Subject: Contact From The Pets Corner web site

 

 

 

Name: turtle

E-mail: turtle@thepetscorner.com

Location: A Sunny Rock

message: (from pets corner web site)

-----------------

Hi turtle

-----------------

visitor IP address: 24.247.210.59

=================

their doc file is very good, and there is a forum on their site.

[cherryo]

I'll check into the programs and I really appreciate all your help! Thanks!

 

[KevinW]

As you can see, cherryo, ask a question, and you will get plenty of answers!!!!

 

Good luck.

kw