Thanks for the 9 years but now I have to switch

Try this. Maybe it can convince you to stay.

I would agree with you Linda. My clients can’t have this either! What plugin did you decide to go with. I want to keep it easy for them. Some of the forms require more than they are capable of understanding. <G>

Same here. My clients like to see the actual email address of the sender in the email they receive. Instead they see their own address! It is driving me mad!

You can disable the validator:

Add to wp-config:

define( 'WPCF7_VALIDATE_CONFIGURATION', false );

Or add to functions.php:

add_filter( 'wpcf7_validate_configuration', '__return_false' );

Thanks barnez – are you saying that after disabling the Validator one can add [your-email] to the form From field instead of a domain address?

Yes, I believe that is the case. The new CF7 version only flags the configuration error message. Disable the message and you can use the preferred configuration:

From: [your-name] <[your email]>
From: [your email]

Thanks you – I’ll give it a go.

Thanks Barnez, I had changed the plugin /mail.php to mail from wp_mail and took out attachments. Then wasn’t sending info from some of the larger forms. Had the ability to add the Custom function on my theme (if not you could add a custom functions plugin). Put everything back to “normal” and then added your suggestion with the add_filter:
add_filter( 'wpcf7_validate_configuration', '__return_false' );

Thanks so much- Worked for me! Crazy thing to try and solve.

@stonenote Happy to hear that helped!

Thanks again barnez – this worked! Now the client can see who the form is from complete with email address!

Without changing anything, I put “Reply-To: [your-email]” into my additional header field. If I hit reply on the emails, my mail program automatically replies to the sender of the message.

Yes, the mail still comes from my own address but that actually makes it easier to organize them. If I wanted people to email me with their address directly, I wouldn’t put a contact form there but just my email.

@nicomkst You are a star! Thank you…just perfect.