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do i need an SMTP server

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bookouri

IS-IT--Management
Feb 23, 2000
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I have a website running on Windows server 2003 and IIS. I don't manage or have access to any exchange servers or email servers, this is just a stand alone basic web site server with some information pages. But, now I have been asked to provide a feedback/email form and I quickly discovered that emailto forms just dont work. Everything I have researched recommends using your SMTP server and server side scripts to get around the emailto form problem. I can add the SMTP service to my server, but I dont have a clue what I need to make it work or even if that will solve my problem. Can anybody point me in the right direction?

 
Hi,

You can use the form tag to email somebody from html
This is a very simple method but may get you started
(also you should post in html forum for more help)

html
Code:
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="mailto:someone@$nailmail.com" ENCTYPE="text/plain">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="username"> : name <BR>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Send">
</form>

visit for more info

hope this helps
 
Mailto requires the user to have a mail client setup on the machine they are using and in my personal experience, a huge amount of people can't use them.

A feedback/email form is definately something that needs to be server-side, not client-side.

Wullie

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell
 
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