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Processing Forms With Mail


Form Mail Processing

Form mail processing can be done with several different cgi programs. For your convenience we have installed a generic version of deliver.pl in the main cgi-bin on all machines. This script is a universal parser and mail sender that will work on all forms that are properly constructed. The generic version's return page simply states "Thank You - your request submission has been received and will be processed the next business day from (date)". If you wish a more detailed return page with the name of your company and links back to your pages, you will need to install your own version in your own cgi-bin. A copy of the script is located in the cgi-scripts directory in your www directory.

The only requirements of deliver.pl are these 4 items in your form.html:

  • The proper method (form method=post action=);
  • The recipient tag (who will receive the e-mail);
  • The subject tag (the subject of the e-mail is required by the e-mail server software );
  • The email tag (who sent the e-mail). Most people use this so they know who sent the e-mail. If you don't care, put your e-mail addresss in here, otherwise the e-mail server will ne ver process your form.
    And of course you must finish the form with your input butt ons.

    Working Example

    <METHOD=POST ACTION="http://yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/deliver.pl">
    <type=hidden name="recipient" value="you@yourdomain.com"&#62
    <type=hidden name="subject" value="put your subject here">

    The default feedback.htm form contains everything you need to get a workin g formmail up and running.

    For more information on setting up your forms to work off formmail, go to Matt's Script Archive, you will find lots of information and a great FAQ there for formmail and all his other scripts, as well as the scripts themselves! 

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