oddly enough, i saw that error in the From: field, and fixed it, but that one is coming through just fine...

my test $efrom value actually looks like this:

$efrom = "$in{'Parent Name'} <$in{'Parent Email'}>";
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so, it does include the closing '>'

and the resulting header includes this:

Reply-To: parent name <parent@home.com.hivelocity.net>
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