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Problems getting a form to send email?
Other customers can send mail from there webpages. This is a windows2000server/iis5/fps
This form is being created on a Disk-Based Web or the FrontPage Server Extenstions have not been configured to send e-mail. Please direct your system administrator or Internet Service Provider to the instructions in "Setting up E-mail Options on Windows" or Email options on UNIX" in the Server Extentions Resourse Kit. If you do not have the Server extentions Resource Kit, you can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/wpp/serk
Any Ideas?
This form is being created on a Disk-Based Web or the FrontPage Server Extenstions have not been configured to send e-mail. Please direct your system administrator or Internet Service Provider to the instructions in "Setting up E-mail Options on Windows" or Email options on UNIX" in the Server Extentions Resourse Kit. If you do not have the Server extentions Resource Kit, you can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/wpp/serk
Any Ideas?
humeniuk
I've only done it with PHP scripting, would that be helpful? I'm sure you can do it with ASP as well.
ASKER
They have created a form in frontpage and are trying to get a submit to send to an email address.
You can create the form with any web dev software (FrontPage, DreamWeaver - which I prefer) or even a text editor). The data collected by the form has to be processed and emailed however. I have done this with PHP, but to use a PHP script, you need PHP installed on your server. There are also ASP and Perl solutions, but I don't have much experience with those. There is also an SMTP service as part of Win2k/IIS and while I suspect that could be configured to integrate with a local website, again I don't have any experience with that, so I can't help you if that's the route you choose to go.
If you can tell us which route is best for you (ie. if you already have PHP installed, the solution becomes very simple), it will be easier to help out.
If you can tell us which route is best for you (ie. if you already have PHP installed, the solution becomes very simple), it will be easier to help out.
ASKER
PHP is now installed and ready to go. I am ready for simple as this persons website has been experiencing this since it was moved from one server to another.
Here is a simple PHP Fom to Mail script (source - http://www.coder2000.ca/page/download, please keep the copyright info intact). Just create a form with fields using the variables in the script (ie. 'from' 'subject') and set the form action as 'sendmail.php' or whatever you call this script.
<?php
/**
* FormMail Script
*
* @version $Id$
* @copyright 2004 Dieter Lunn All Rights Reserved
**/
// Setup Variables
$to = "nobody@nobody.com"; // The address you want the email to go to
// DO NOT CHANGE BELOW THIS LINE
$from = $_POST['from']; // The address the email is coming from
$subject = $_POST['subject']; // The subject of the email
$message = $_POST['message']; // The actual message
$name = $_POST['name']; // Name of the person sending the email
$redirect = $_POST['redirect']; // Page to redirect to after mail is sent
$headers = "From: $name <$from>";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
header("Location:$redirect
?>
<?php
/**
* FormMail Script
*
* @version $Id$
* @copyright 2004 Dieter Lunn All Rights Reserved
**/
// Setup Variables
$to = "nobody@nobody.com"; // The address you want the email to go to
// DO NOT CHANGE BELOW THIS LINE
$from = $_POST['from']; // The address the email is coming from
$subject = $_POST['subject']; // The subject of the email
$message = $_POST['message']; // The actual message
$name = $_POST['name']; // Name of the person sending the email
$redirect = $_POST['redirect']; // Page to redirect to after mail is sent
$headers = "From: $name <$from>";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
header("Location:$redirect
?>
ASKER
where would this go, here is the code that is attached to the submit button right now.
<p><a href="mailto:challenge1@ma
button to send form</p>
</form>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="mailto:challenge1@ma
button to send form</p>
</form>
<p> </p>
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