emails nobody@ on behalf of

**freeflyer** · #1 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 17:37

hi all, just a quickie. Most of my PHP generated emails sent from the server (such as those from contact forms or orders etc) send the mail out from nobody@server.co.uk on behalf of (emailaccount).

Is this a server setting or a PHP issue? It seems to do it on all PHP packages.

**eukSam** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 17:45

Hello,

That is correct, any mail sent through a PHP script is sent by nobody@hostname from the server. On cpanel server we can enable phpsuexec so the mails are sent by that particular user.

**freeflyer** · #3 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 17:50

okay, so i can do that myself in WHM? where about? i couldnt find it.

**eukSam** · #4 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 17:56

Hello,

That can be done from WHM >> EasyApache (Apache Update). You can also open a ticket on our helpdesk so we can do this for you.

**freeflyer** · #5 (**permalink**) 25-02-2010, 12:57

okay its done now.. there were ownership issues but support changed all ownership for me. There are still issues but i'm plodding through them.

the main problem now is that any email sent out by a script comes from accountname@server on behalf of, which is better than before (nobody@server) but still not correct. How do i get rid of 'account@on behalf of' and just have the email address in outgoing emails?

I've got a ticket open by the way.. but just thought i'd ask on here.

**eUK-Alan** · #6 (**permalink**) 25-02-2010, 16:30

Hello

Usually in phpsuexec environment username@hostname appear in email headers.
If you are sending emails through script then please ensure that you have used
smtp authentication and have used following variables in your script.

* From: The email address from which you want the message to be sent.
* To: the recipient's email address and name.
* Host: your outgoing SMTP server name.(it should be mail.domain)
* Password: the password for SMTP authentication.