Title: "From" field has errors
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# "From" field has errors

 *  Resolved [zephs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zephs/)
 * (@zephs)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/from-field-has-errors/)
 * please help to cope with the field “From” in the “Mail” tab.
    i going crazy about
   an error “This email address does not belong to the same domain as the site” 
   or “This field has syntax errors”.
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 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/from-field-has-errors/#post-7197220)
 * If an email is being sent from your website domain, it should now have a FROM
   address from that domain. This is because emails are being spoofed by spammers
   and are being sent from a different domain (e.g. I send you a message from my
   domain but claim to be sending it from `paypal.com`). Such messages are being
   routed into the Spam folder, and so best practice is now to include a FROM email
   address that is from the website domain. Look at the following setup:
 * >  == MAIL ==
   >  From: **[your-name] <wordpress@your-domain.com>**
 * What happens and why:
 * 1. When you receive the message, it will have the sender’s name and be from the“
   wordpress” email address specified in FROM (Depending on your hosts, this may
   need to be a real email address (test to see if it processes), and it does need
   to be @your-domain.com).
    2. Adding the `Reply-To: [your-email]` in ADDITIONAL
   HEADERS means that you can reply to the sender by hitting the Reply button in
   your email client.
 *  Thread Starter [zephs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zephs/)
 * (@zephs)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/from-field-has-errors/#post-7197226)
 * Thank you for such a detailed answer. Everything is clear and everything works!!!
   Of course 🙂
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/from-field-has-errors/#post-7197231)
 * Happy to hear that helped 🙂
 *  [RollDanTide](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rolldantide/)
 * (@rolldantide)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/from-field-has-errors/#post-7197454)
 * I’m having this same problem, but here’s where I’m stuck…My work email address
   is the “catch all” email address where all of these contact form submissions 
   are being sent to. So, for example, if the message is for Human Resources, I 
   simply click on forward and send it to them.
 * Ever since this change was implemented, whenever I forward something to someone
   and they click reply to respond to the sender, it populates the “To:” field automatically
   with the “From” email address from the website domain and the reply-to information
   isn’t included in the forward. I have to send them that person’s email address
   separately.
 * I would appreciate any guidance.

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 * Last reply from: [RollDanTide](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rolldantide/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/from-field-has-errors/#post-7197454)
 * Status: resolved