# mail() on windows

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/12269
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- Started by Frank M. Kromann on 2004-08-19T19:45:17+00:00
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## #12269 — Frank M. Kromann — 2004-08-19T19:45:17+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/12269#12269

Hi David,

 `mail()` and imap_mail() both call's the internal function TSendMail(). This
is the function that generates the error. the imap version does some
additional chacks for headers. I'll take a look to see if we can make the
error message more informative.

- Frank

> ok thanks. but still, how is it that
> 
> mail('example@php.com','subject','body',"From: me@example.com\r\n");
> 
> should produce an error message stating "custom "From:" header
missing"?
> 
> and is there any reason the custom header can't be parsed, and if a
> "From:" header is found, to use that instead of sendmail_from value?
> 
> thanks again.
> 
> 
> On Wed, August 18, 2004 6:11 pm, Frank M. Kromann said:
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imap_mail().
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