Email Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v1.04, by Herong Yang
From: ... - Email "From" Address
This section provides an email message example with 'From: ...' header to specify the name and the email address of the message sender.
What Is "From: ..." Email Header? "From: ..." specifies the name and the email address of the message sender. The email address is provided in the following format:
[display_name] <email_address> | email_address where: display_name = plain_name | =?encoded_name?= plain_name = enclosed in double quotes to protect comma email_address = account@domain_name examples: From: herong_yang@yahoo.com From: Herong Yang <herong@herongyang.com> From: "=?utf-8?Q?Dion, Chlo=C3=A9?=" <chloe@herongyang.com>
Here is a simple example of email message with a Quoted-Printable encoded display name enclosed in double quotes in the "From" header.
Return-Path: <chloe@herongyang.com> Delivered-To: herong@herongyang.com Received: from 127.0.0.1 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.herongyang.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EABD266002B for <chloe>; 15 Nov 2023 06:19:34 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20231113111946.5EABD266002B@mail.herongyang.com> Date: 15 Nov 2023 06:19:34 -0500 (EST) From: "=?utf-8?Q?Dion, Chlo=C3=A9?=" <chloe@herongyang.com> Hello world!
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Postfix - Mail Transport Agent (MTA)
SSL/TLS Secure Connections with Postfix Server
Dovecot - IMAP and POP3 Server
SSL/TLS Secure Connections with Dovecot Server
Email Client Tools - Mail User Agents (MUA)
Mozilla Thunderbird - Mail User Agents (MUA)
PHPMailer - PHP Package for Sending Emails
►Email Message Format and Headers
Email Message Format and Example
What Are Email Message Headers
Content-Type: text/html - HTML Content
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="..."
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="..."
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit - Non-ASCII Content
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 - Base64 Encoded Content
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable - 7-Bit Encoding
Subject: =?...?= - 7-Bit Encoding
►From: ... - Email "From" Address
To: ... - Email "To" Addresses