php mail() from tag strips spaces out of names

Hi,

I'm fairly new to PHP and I'm trying to get an email form working.  I've got the form posting to a separate php processing page, but when the email is sent, I'm having trouble with the "From" header stripping names out of names.  Is there any way to fix this? (Note $firstname, $lastname, $email. $message_body, $to & $subject are all pre-defined higher up in my code, but the file is too big to include everything!

<?PHP
....
      $fromname = "$first_name $last_name";
      echo $fromname;
      $headers = "Date: ".date('r')."\r\n";
      $headers .= "Reply-To: " . $email . "\r\n";
      $headers .= "Return-Path: ".$email."\r\n";
      $headers .= "From: ".$fromname."\r\n";

      $message = $message_body."\r\n\n\n (submitted to " . $to_name . " via obuuc.org)\r\n";

      /* and now mail it */
      if(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)){

?>
            <h1>Thank You!</h1>
            <BR>
            Your email has been sucessfully submitted.
            <br><a href="http://www.obuuc.org">Click here</a> to return to the OBUUC Web site.
<?PHP
      }
      else{
?>
            <h1>Sorry!</h1>
            <BR>
            There was a problem sending your email, please call us and let us know.
            <br><a href="http://www.obuuc.org">Click here</a> to return to the OBUUC Web site.
<?PHP
      }
}
?>

Everything is fine, but when the email is received, there is no space between the first and last name in the email message.  In my echo it shows the space!  It's like the mail() function strips out all of the spaced.  Ideally I would like the message to have "From" appear something like this:

John Doe <john@doe.com>, but even just having "John Doe" show up would be enough!

Thanks,
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