What's the difference between Sender, From and Return-Path?

Question

What\'s the difference between an email Sender, From and Return-Path value?

Example: I have a contact form where the user can input their email, wou

Answer 1

The official RFC which defines this specification could be found here:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4021#section-2.1.2 (look at paragraph 2.1.2. and the following)

2.1.2. Header Field: From

Description:  
    Mailbox of message author  
[...]  
Related information:
    Specifies the author(s) of the message; that is, the mailbox(es)
    of the person(s) or system(s) responsible for the writing of the
    message. Defined as standard by RFC 822.

2.1.3. Header Field: Sender

Description:  
    Mailbox of message sender  
[...]  
Related information:
    Specifies the mailbox of the agent responsible for the actual
    transmission of the message.  Defined as standard by RFC 822.

2.1.22. Header Field: Return-Path

Description:
    Message return path
[...]  
Related information:
    Return path for message response diagnostics. See also RFC 2821
    [17]. Defined as standard by RFC 822.