How to change the email's "From" field?

**andy8828** · 12-23-2010, 09:35 AM

Hello,

I have an ecard script on my web site. Please see the script below. It works fine, but the email message always shows the "From" field is an email address. For example,

- In the email inbox it shows

The "From" field is an email address(web123@yahoo.com) not a person's name.

- In the email it shows

From: "web123@yahoo.com" <web123@yahoo.com>
To: yig@yahoo.com

I want change the email format like this, for example

From: "Ken Miller" <web123@yahoo.com>
To: yig@yahoo.com

In the inbox, I want to see each email list will show person's name instead of the email address.

Could you tell me how to change the script? Thanks.

-Andy

Code:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
#set the line above this to your perl path. Usually fine as is
# or /usr/local/bin/perl  /sbin/perl
# make certain that the first line stays the first line!
#  (C)1998-2002 Bignosebird.com   cardcgi v2.1                                             

use Socket;

$|=1;


@okaydomains=("http://123.com", "http://www.123.com");
$DAYS=11;

# USE EITHER SMTP OR SEND_MAIL DEPENDING ON YOUR SYSTEM-
# BUT NOT BOTH!

#$SMTP_SERVER="localhost";
$SEND_MAIL="/usr/lib/sendmail -t";

...
...
$EXT=".html";
$PROGNAME="/cgi-bin/card.cgi";
$MAILLOG="maillog";
$SUBJECT ="You have a virtual card waiting for you!";

##########

  &main_driver;


sub thank_you
{
 if ($MAILLOG ne "")
  {
   open (ML,">>$BASEDIR/$MAILLOG");      
   print ML "$fields{'recip_email'}\n";  
   print ML "$fields{'sender_email'}\n"; 
   close(ML);
  }

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print <<__STOP_OF_THANKS__;

<CENTER>
...
__STOP_OF_THANKS__
}


sub setup_letter
{
$msgtext =<<__STOP_OF_MESSAGE__;
Hi,

$fields{'sender_name'} stopped by my site,.

   $URL_NAME

...
__STOP_OF_MESSAGE__
}


sub make_body
{
$cardbody =<<__END_OF_CARD_BODY__;
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
...</SCRIPT>
<BGSOUND SRC="$BASEURL/$fields{'midifile'}">
$BODYTAG
$params
<CENTER>
<P>
...
</CENTER>
</BODY>
</HTML>
__END_OF_CARD_BODY__
}

sub pass_params
{
$params=<<__END_OF_PARAMS__;
<CENTER>
<TABLE WIDTH=500>
 <TR>
 <TD>
 <FONT FACE="ARIAL">
 <B>To send your creation, click on the SEND-CARD button. </B>
 <P>
<CENTER>
<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="$PROGNAME">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="action_code" VALUE="SENDCARD">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'pic_select'}" NAME="pic_select">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'sender_name'}" NAME="sender_name">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'sender_email'}" NAME="sender_email">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'recip_name'}" NAME="recip_name">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'recip_email'}" NAME="recip_email">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'text_color'}" NAME="text_color">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'back_color'}" NAME="back_color">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'the_title'}" NAME="the_title">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'the_message'}" NAME="the_message">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'sig_line'}" NAME="sig_line">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'midifile'}" NAME="midifile">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$fields{'background'}" NAME="background">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" VALUE="$ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}" NAME="parent">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="SEND-CARD">   
</FORM>
</CENTER>
 </TD>
 </TR>
</TABLE>
__END_OF_PARAMS__
}


##############

my ($fromaddr, $replyaddr, $to, $smtp, $subject, $message) = @_;

    $to =~ s/[ \t]+/, /g; # pack spaces and add comma
    $fromaddr =~ s/.*<([^\s]*?)>/$1/; # get from email address
    $replyaddr =~ s/.*<([^\s]*?)>/$1/; # get reply email address
    $replyaddr =~ s/^([^\s]+).*/$1/; # use first address
    $message =~ s/^\./\.\./gm; # handle . as first character
    $message =~ s/\r\n/\n/g; # handle line ending
    $message =~ s/\n/\r\n/g;
    $smtp =~ s/^\s+//g; # remove spaces around $smtp
    $smtp =~ s/\s+$//g;

    if (!$to)
    {
	return(-8);
    }

 if ($SMTP_SERVER ne "")
  {
    my($proto) = (getprotobyname('tcp'))[2];
    my($port) = (getservbyname('smtp', 'tcp'))[2];

    my($smtpaddr) = ($smtp =~
		     /^(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})$/)
	? pack('C4',$1,$2,$3,$4)
	    : (gethostbyname($smtp))[4];

    if (!defined($smtpaddr))
    {
	return(-1);
    }

    if (!socket(MAIL, AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto))
    {
	return(-2);
    }

    if (!connect(MAIL, pack('Sna4x8', AF_INET, $port, $smtpaddr)))
    {
	return(-3);
    }

    my($oldfh) = select(MAIL);
    $| = 1;
    select($oldfh);

    $_ = <MAIL>;
    if (/^[45]/)
    {
	close(MAIL);
	return(-4);
    }

    print MAIL "helo $SMTP_SERVER\r\n";
    $_ = <MAIL>;
    if (/^[45]/)
    {
	close(MAIL);
	return(-5);
    }

    print MAIL "mail from: <$fromaddr>\r\n";
    $_ = <MAIL>;
    if (/^[45]/)
    {
	close(MAIL);
	return(-5);
    }

    foreach (split(/, /, $to))
    {
	print MAIL "rcpt to: <$_>\r\n";
	$_ = <MAIL>;
	if (/^[45]/)
	{
	    close(MAIL);
	    return(-6);
	}
    }

    print MAIL "data\r\n";
    $_ = <MAIL>;
    if (/^[45]/)
    {
	close MAIL;
	return(-5);
    }

   }

  if ($SEND_MAIL ne "")
   {
     open (MAIL,"| $SEND_MAIL");
   }

    print MAIL "To: $to\n";
    print MAIL "From: $fromaddr\n";
    print MAIL "Reply-to: $replyaddr\n" if $replyaddr;
    print MAIL "X-Mailer: Perl Powered Socket Mailer\n";
    print MAIL "Subject: $subject\n\n";
    print MAIL "$message";
    print MAIL "\n.\n";

 if ($SMTP_SERVER ne "")
  {
    $_ = <MAIL>;
    if (/^[45]/)
    {
	close(MAIL);
	return(-7);
    }

    print MAIL "quit\r\n";
    $_ = <MAIL>;
  }

    close(MAIL);
    return(1);
}


sub no_email
{
print <<__STOP_OF_NOMAIL__;
Content-type: text/html

<FONT SIZE="+1">
<B>
SORRY! missing
e-mail address(es). </B>
</FONT>
__STOP_OF_NOMAIL__
}

sub send_mail
{

&setup_letter;
$mailresult=&sendmail($fields{sender_email}, $fields{sender_email}, $fields{recip_email}, $SMTP_SERVER, $SUBJECT, $msgtext); 

}

sub card_expire
 {
  local(@items, $item);
  opendir(CARDDIR, "$BASEDIR");
  @items = grep(/[0-9]$EXT/,readdir(CARDDIR));
  closedir(CARDDIR);
  foreach $item (@items)
   {
    if (-M "$BASEDIR/$item" > $DAYS)
     {
      unlink("$BASEDIR/$item");
     }
   }
 }



#############################
sub valid_address 
 {
  $testmail = $fields{'recip_email'};
  if ($testmail =~ /(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(@\.)|(\.@)|(^\.)/ ||
  $testmail !~ /^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/)
   {
     return 0;
   }
   else 
    {
      return 1;
    }
}


sub bad_email
{
print <<__STOP_OF_BADMAIL__;
Content-type: text/html

<FONT SIZE="+1">
<B>
SORRY!an improper
recipient's e-mail address. </B>
</FONT>
__STOP_OF_BADMAIL__
}

sub test_basedir
{
  if (not -w $BASEDIR)
   {
print <<__STOP_OF_BADBASE__;
Content-type: text/html

<FONT SIZE="+1">
<B>
The script cannot either find or write to the<BR>
$BASEDIR directory. </B>
</FONT>
__STOP_OF_BADBASE__
exit;
   }
}

#############

sub valid_page
 {
 if (@okaydomains == 0) {return;}
  $DOMAIN_OK=0;                                         
  $RF=$ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'};                             
  $RF=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;                                     
  foreach $ts (@okaydomains)                            
   {                                                    
     if ($RF =~ /$ts/)                                  
      { $DOMAIN_OK=1; }
   }                                                    
   if ( $DOMAIN_OK == 0)                                
     { print "Content-type: text/html\n\n Sorry, cant run it from here....";    
      exit;
     }                                                  
}

sub decode_vars
{
#This part of the program splits up our data and gets it
#ready for formatting.
  $i=0;
  read(STDIN,$temp,$ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
  @pairs=split(/&/,$temp);
  foreach $item(@pairs)
   {
    ($key,$content)=split(/=/,$item,2);
    $content=~tr/+/ /;
    $content=~s/%(..)/pack("c",hex($1))/ge;
    $content=~s/\0//g; #strip nulls
    $content =~ s/<!--(.|\n)*-->//g;
    $fields{$key}=$content;
    $i++;
    $item{$i}=$key;
    $response{$i}=$content;
   }
}

sub get_file_name
{
   $proc=$$;
   $newnum=time;
   $newnum=substr($newnum,4,5);
   $date=localtime(time);  
   ($day, $month, $num, $time, $year) = split(/\s+/,$date); 
   $month=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
   $PREF = "$month$num-";
   $FILE_NAME="$BASEDIR/$PREF$newnum$proc$EXT";
   $URL_NAME="$BASEURL/$PREF$newnum$proc$EXT";
}


#Write out our HTML FILE
sub create_file
{
  open(OUTFILE,">$FILE_NAME") ;
  print OUTFILE "$cardbody\n";
  close (OUTFILE);
}

#Set up our HTML Preview Form
sub do_preview
{
$fields{'the_message'} =~s/\"/\'/g;
  &pass_params;
  &make_body;
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "$cardbody\n";
}

sub main_driver
{
   &valid_page;
   &test_basedir;
   &decode_vars;

   if ($fields{'recip_email'} eq "")
     { &no_email; exit; } 
   if (&valid_address == 0)
    { &bad_email; exit; }
   if ($fields{'sender_email'} eq "")
     { &no_email; exit; }

   if ($fields{'background'} ne "")
    { $BODYTAG="<BODY BACKGROUND=\"$BASEURL/$fields{'background'}\">";}
     else { $BODYTAG="<BODY BGCOLOR=\"#FFFFFF\">"; }

   if ($fields{'action_code'} eq "NEW") 
     { &do_preview; }

   if ($fields{'action_code'} eq "SENDCARD") 
     {                             
      &make_body;
      &get_file_name;
      &create_file;
      &setup_letter;
      $mailresult=&sendmail($fields{sender_email}, $fields{sender_email}, $fields{recip_email}, $SMTP_SERVER, $SUBJECT, $msgtext); 
      &thank_you;
      if ($DAYS > 0)
       {&card_expire;}
     }

}

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