Contact form not getting through spam filter

PHP
1

I am having issues getting a simple contact form getting past the junk filter and into the inbox. Is there something wrong with my code?

I have tried to set the email to ‘not junk’ in the 2 different email providers, but no change.

Here is my code:

    <form method="post" action="mail_.php">
        
            <label>Name</label>
            <input name="name" placeholder="Type Here">
            
            <label>Email</label>

            <input name="email" type="email" placeholder="Type Here">
            
            <label>Message</label>
            <textarea name="message" placeholder="Type Here"></textarea>
            
            <label>*What is 7+3? (Anti-spam)</label>
            <input name="human" placeholder="Type Here">
            
            <input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit">
        
        </form>

<?php
    $name = $_POST['name'];
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $message = $_POST['message'];
    $from = 'From: Contact Form'; 
    $to = 'my_email@gmail.com'; 
    $subject = 'Hello';
    $human = $_POST['human'];
			
    $body = "From: $name\
 E-Mail: $email\
 Message:\
 $message";
	
  $headers .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\
";
  $headers .= "From: website user<someone_from@mysite.com> \
";

				
if ($_POST['submit']) {
    if ($name != '' && $email != '') {
        if ($human == '10') {				 
            if (mail ($to, $subject, $body, $from)) { 
	        echo '<p>Your message has been sent!</p>';
	    } else { 
	        echo '<p>Something went wrong, go back and try again!</p>'; 
	    } 
	} else if ($_POST['submit'] && $human != '4') {
	    echo '<p>You answered the anti-spam question incorrectly!</p>';
	}
    } else {
        echo '<p>You need to fill in all required fields!!</p>';
    }
}

?>

Any help would be much appreciated.

2

I’m not sure, but I wonder if it would help to have an email address in the $from variable, such as:

$from = "From: $email" . "\\r\
" . "Reply-To: $email";

Worth a try, anyhow. Also, the “Hello” in your subject line may well be a flag to the spam machine, too, as it’s a common spam title.

By the way, what does $human != '4' have to do with 7 + 3? :shifty:

3

haha sorry I changed my human validation number to be 10 and not 4, didnt update it.

I have amended to code to look like this and it now works!

<?php
    $name = $_POST['name'];
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $message = $_POST['message'];
    $to = 'my@email.com';
    $subject = 'Hello';
    $human = $_POST['human'];
			
    $body = "From: $name\
 E-Mail: $email\
 Message:\
 $message";
	
  	$headers .= "From: Website USER <someone_from@mysite.com>";

				
if ($_POST['submit']) {
    if ($name != '' && $email != '') {
        if ($human == '10') {				
            if (mail ($to, $subject, $body, $headers)) {
	        echo '<p>Your message has been sent!</p>';
	    } else {
	        echo '<p>Something went wrong, go back and try again!</p>';
	    }
	} else if ($_POST['submit'] && $human != '10') {
	    echo '<p>You answered the anti-spam question incorrectly!</p>';
	}
    } else {
        echo '<p>You need to fill in all required fields!!</p>';
    }
}

?>

Seems to have sorted it.

Thanks :slight_smile:

4

Glad you sorted it … though I like to have the user’s email address set as the from / reply to, as it makes it easy to replay … if that’s what you want to do.