Sending a form via email

[jason12776]

I have recently been told that when sending a form via email, there is a difference if it is hosted on a linex server or Microsoft server. One would call a CGI script and the Microsoft, well, I'm not sure what it would call. Could someone assist me with this process. What scripts and where would I find them, and incorporate them into the html code. I coded the page with html.

Cheers

 

[Endbringer]

As far as I know, for the Microsoft stuff it's ASP. I've also looked a little into doing this and started running into problems with my ISP over the scripts. You have to know what the server is running. That's about all I know.

L8r,
Robert

 

[tsdragon]

On a linux (or other *nix) server, your script would normally call sendmail to send the email. MS server's don't have sendmail. You can get a program called blatmail that will substitute for it, or you can just use SMTP directly. Here's a program that will use sendmail on *nix, or SMTP on either *nix or MS:

http://www.bydisn.com/software/TDFormData.

Disclaimer: it's my program, and it's not free, but it should do what you want. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

A Unix server normally uses sendmail which is called by the cgi script. A Windows server uses either a sendmail alternative or sends the mail directly to a SMTP server.

You have not mentioned what server you are trying to use this script on so I am not going to go into detail about both until I know that.

If you want, you can check out a great script by a fellow user on this forum at

http://www.bydisn.com/software/TDFormData/TDFormData.html

This script allows you to send mail easily using either sendmail or SMTP.

Hope this helps Wullie

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[Wullie]

Hi Tracy,

I just posted that then noticed that you had already replied... LOL

Sorry about that..

Wullie

http://www.freshlookdesign.co.uk

http://www.searchit-now.co.uk

http://www.survivorhelp.co.uk

 

[tsdragon]

Wullie, we muse have been typing at the same time! Thanks for the plug!

To be fair, I should also point out that there are also other form-mailing programs at

http://www.hotscripts.com.

Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

http://www.bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.