Name of sender in From parameter

[cwilligv]

Hi,

I'm using your package for sending emails to a database of customers. I'd like to have the name of the sender (From parameter) appear in the customer's inbox but I can't seem to make it work. If I use only the sender's email address then it works fine.
This is what I've tried so far:

• "\"Name Sender\" <email@example.com>"

• '"Name Sender" <email@example.com>'

• paste0("\"Name Sender\"", "<email@example.com>")

But I keep getting a 501 error from the smtp server. Am I missing something? or is it a problem on the SMTP server itself while handling the message through curl?

Thanks for your help

[olafmersmann]

If this is still an issue for you, could you provide a minimal self contained example? I don't see why the above shouldn't work.

[pat-s]

I can confirm the issue.

When using from = "Real Name <in@box.com>" then the verbose output is as follows

> MAIL FROM:<Real Name <in@box.com>

Note the unmatched < character.

By trial and error, I found out that the following works: from = Real Name in@box.com as it gets correctly translated into Real Name <in@box.com> behind the scenes somehow.