My fellow Monks-

I wrote a tell-a-friend script way back when that has been functioning properly for me ever since. The one problem I see, is the From: field that arrives with each sent email.

For instance, say the from name is "Eric". When the email arrives, it contains the sending server information tacked onto the end (i.e. - Eric@xyz.abc.com). If the from name was given as Eric JonesSmith, it usually works out fine, displaying exactly Eric JonesSmith.

Could someone advise me on how to get rid of the attached server information? I found a quick-fix that works with more sophisticated email clients:

Original Code: print MAIL "To: $their_email \nFrom: $your_name\n";
Quick Fix: print MAIL "To: $their_email \nFrom: $your_name;\n";

I found that by just adding the extra ";" after the from name, smarter email clients will just ignore anything after it. This does not, however, work with hotmail or such email services.

Is there a way to get around this?

In reply to removing server info from by emilford

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