---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
  - CURLOPT_MAIL_AUTH (3)
  - CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT (3)
Protocol:
  - SMTP
Added-in: 7.20.0
---

# NAME

CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM - SMTP sender address

# SYNOPSIS

~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM, char *from);
~~~

# DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. This should be used
to specify the sender's email address when sending SMTP mail with libcurl.

An originator email address should be specified with angled brackets (\<\>)
around it, which if not specified are added automatically.

In order to specify DSN parameters (as per RFC 3461), the address has to be
written in angled brackets, followed by the parameters.

If this parameter is not specified then an empty address is sent to the SMTP
server which might cause the email to be rejected.

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.

Using this option multiple times makes the last set string override the
previous ones. Set it to NULL to disable its use again.

# DEFAULT

blank

# %PROTOCOLS%

# EXAMPLE

~~~c
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "smtp://example.com/");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM, "president@example.com");
    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
~~~

# %AVAILABILITY%

# RETURN VALUE

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see
libcurl-errors(3).