Possible to use a gmail address using the mail() function?

PHP
1

Hello,

I have a gmail email address. I’d like to wrap it in my adminCP (as in: I would like to send emails from my AdminCp using the @gmail.com adress).

Is it feasible, or should I just drop the idea?

Best.

rh

2

You can specify a from address in the additional headers parameter of the mail() function.

See:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

Basically you would use something like:

mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: <your@gmail.com>\\r\
");

(the "\r
" has to do with carriage returns and new lines in the message headers)

3

Gmail is notorious for sending said mails to the Junk folder, so be aware of that.

4

Thanks for the reply :slight_smile:

StarLion: I’m not exactly sure what you mean…