my first CGI form sumission ... it driving me crazy!

2cxc · Nov 24, 2003

I'm on a windows server and the CGI folder persmission were set correctly by the ISP (so they say..) Its a SMTP mail program on the server and i'm using these scripts:

Code:

use strict;
use Net::SMTP();
my ($to, $company, $name);
use CGI();
my $cgi = new CGI();

my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('XX.56.129.2');
##### XX is actually a number

my ($company, $name, $phone, $email, $comments);
$company = $cgi->param('company');
$name = $cgi->param('name');
$phone = $cgi->param('phone');
$email = $cgi->param('email');
$comments = $cgi->param('comments');

$to = 'myEmail@company.com';

my $message =<<EOM;
To: $to
From: server<companyEmail\@FromAddress.com>
Subject: $name filled out your contact form

$company
$name
$phone :
$email
$comments

$name filled out your form with this contact info.
EOM
;
print $cgi->header();
print $cgi->start_html();

print &quot;<h3>sending mail to $to </h3>\n&quot;;
$smtp->mail('');
$smtp->to($to);
$smtp->data($message);
$smtp->datasend();
$smtp->dataend();
$smtp->quit();
exit;

this is my form:

Code:

<html><head></head><body>
<FORM ACTION=&quot;/cgi-bin/formmail.pl&quot; METHOD=&quot;POST&quot;><CENTER>
<FONT SIZE=&quot;-1&quot; FACE=&quot;Verdana&quot;><B>company </B><INPUT NAME=&quot;company&quot; TYPE=&quot;text&quot; SIZE=&quot;25&quot;><BR>
<b>name </b><INPUT NAME=&quot;name&quot; TYPE=&quot;text&quot; SIZE=&quot;25&quot;>  </FONT></CENTER>
  <p><font size=&quot;-1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;><b>phone </b><INPUT NAME=&quot;phone&quot; TYPE=&quot;text&quot; SIZE=&quot;25&quot;> 
  </font></p>
  <p><CENTER>
  </CENTER>
<FONT SIZE=&quot;-1&quot; FACE=&quot;Verdana&quot;><b>email </b><INPUT NAME=&quot;email&quot; TYPE=&quot;text&quot; SIZE=&quot;25&quot;> 
  </FONT></p>
  <p><CENTER>
  </CENTER>
<FONT SIZE=&quot;-1&quot; FACE=&quot;Verdana&quot;><b>comments </b><INPUT NAME=&quot;comments&quot; TYPE=&quot;text&quot; SIZE=&quot;25&quot;> &nbsp;
  </FONT><CENTER>
  </p>
<P><INPUT NAME=&quot;name&quot; TYPE=&quot;submit&quot; VALUE=&quot;Submit Question&quot;></CENTER></FORM>
</body></html>

What happen when i submit the form i get a visual confirmation from this line of the script:
print "<h3>sending mail to $to </h3>\n";

I check my eamil, and wait to ceck it again and nothing shows up? Why do i not get an email to my email address in the script: myEmail@company.com

???

siberian · Nov 24, 2003

See my answer to your other post. Use the Debug=>1 flag in the constructor for the SMTP object.

tviman · Nov 24, 2003

Try this:

Add this line with the rest of your CGI calls:

use CGI qw(param);

I've never used SMTP but maybe this will give you some clues...

Put this line with the rest of your CGI calls:

use CGI (qw param);

Rather than using this:

$company = $cgi->param('company');
$name = $cgi->param('name');
$phone = $cgi->param('phone');
$email = $cgi->param('email');
$comments = $cgi->param('comments');

use this:

$company = param('company');
$name = param('name');
$phone = param('phone');
$email = param('email');
$comments = param('comments');

Good luck

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

2cxc · Nov 24, 2003

that way is giving me error trying to pick up the first value pair in string.

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