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Email Form - ISP doesn't have sendmail

I am a newbie and try to sort out an email form for a website i am creating.

BTconnect is my ISP and they do not give us access to sendmail but provide me with a go between script :-

here is a link to the BT site:-

http://btbusiness.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/btbusiness.cfg/php/enduser/cci/btb_adp.php?p_faqid=6987&p_created=1115728792&p_sid=K14Egq5i&p_lva=&p_sp=&p_li=&p_cv=&p_pv=&p_prods=&p_cats=0&p_more_articles=

I have created my own form but BT's restrictions will not let me send the form information if the email doesn't have my @mydomain.com in the email address, it just bounces back to the sender aaa@notmydomain.com

Is there another way to get this information, i have had a look at the PHP but i am not sure how to program up a page to give me the particular information, BT's services are very frustrating.

They give a link to creating my own PERL script but i think that this would take me too much time to get right ,heres the link:-

http://btbusiness.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/btbusiness.cfg/php/enduser/cci/btb_adp.php?p_faqid=6775

any help would be appreciated and i am willing to give more point to get this thing working correctly.. :-)

Here is the form i created:-

<FORM
ACTION="http://home.btconnect.com/cgi-bin/mailto/me@mydomain.com" METHOD="post" name="brochurerequest" id="brochurerequest">

<p>
      <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="SUBJECT" VALUE="TBS Web Enquiry">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="REQUIRED" VALUE="name,company,phone,email">

              <table width="477" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="style21">
<tr>
<td width="94" class="tbs-bigger-white"> Name</td>
<td width="363">
<input name="name" type="text" class="formstyle" value="" size="35" maxlength="30">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tbs-bigger-white"> Company</td>
<td><input name='company' type="text" class="formstyle" size="35" maxlength='30'></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tbs-bigger-white">Position</td>
<td><input name='position' type="text" class="formstyle" size="35" maxlength='35'></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" class="tbs-bigger-white">Address</td>
<td><textarea name="address" cols="35" rows="5" class="formstyle"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tbs-bigger-white">Postcode</td>
<td><input name='postcode' type="text" class="formstyle" size="35" maxlength='20'></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tbs-bigger-white">Phone</td>
<td><input name='phone' type="text" class="formstyle" size="35" maxlength='20'></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tbs-bigger-white">Fax</td>
<td><input type="text" size="35" class="formstyle" name='fax' maxlength='20'></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tbs-bigger-white">E-mail</td>
<td><input name='email' type="text" class="formstyle" size="35" maxlength='100'></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="477" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td width="94" valign="top" class="mainbody"> </td>
<td width="349"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="480" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td width="84" valign="top" class="tbs-bigger-white">Brochure</td>
<td width="376"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tbsreallysmall">
<tr>
<td width="376"><table width="376" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="tbs-small-white">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#1ba088" class="tbs-small-white" >Product Overview </td>
<td bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Product_Overview" type="checkbox" id="Product_Overview" value="Yes"></td>
<td bgcolor="#1BA088" class="mainbody">Genesis System </td>
<td bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Genesis_System" type="checkbox" id="Genesis_System" value="Yes"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#1ba088" class="tbs-small-white"> ZED System </td>
<td bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Zed_System" type="checkbox" id="Zed_System" value="Yes"></td>
<td bgcolor="#1BA088" class="mainbody">Tots 2 Teens Range</td>
<td bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="tots2teens_Range" type="checkbox" id="tots2teens_Range" value="Yes"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#1ba088" class="tbs-small-white"><div align="left">Flush System </div></td>
<td bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Flush_System" type="checkbox" id="Flush_System" value="Yes"></td>
<td bgcolor="#1BA088" class="mainbody">Ducting and Vanities </td>
<td bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Ducting_and_Vanities" type="checkbox" id="Ducting_and_Vanities" value="Yes"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="115" bgcolor="#1ba088" class="tbs-small-white">Slimline System </td>
<td width="27" bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Slimline_System" type="checkbox" id="Slimline_System" value="Yes">
</td>
<td width="147" bgcolor="#1BA088" class="mainbody">Lockers and Benches </td>
<td width="63" bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Locker_and_Benches" type="checkbox" id="Locker_and_Benches" value="Yes">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="115" bgcolor="#1ba088" class="tbs-small-white">Evolution System</td>
<td width="27" bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Evolution_System" type="checkbox" id="Evolution_System" value="Yes">
</td>
<td width="147" bgcolor="#1BA088" class="mainbody">Colour Selector </td>
<td width="63" bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Colour_Selector" type="checkbox" id="Colour_Selector" value="Yes">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="115" bgcolor="#1ba088" class="tbs-small-white">Dual System </td>
<td width="27" bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Dual_System" type="checkbox" id="Dual_System" value="Yes">
</td>
<td width="147" bgcolor="#1BA088" class="mainbody"> </td>
<td width="63" bgcolor="#1BA088"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="115" bgcolor="#1ba088" class="tbs-small-white">Spectra System</td>
<td width="27" bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Spectra_System" type="checkbox" id="Spectra_System" value="Yes">
</td>
<td width="147" bgcolor="#1BA088" class="mainbody"> </td>
<td width="63" bgcolor="#1BA088"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="115" bgcolor="#1ba088" class="tbs-small-white">Futura System </td>
<td width="27" bgcolor="#1BA088"><input name="Futura_System" type="checkbox" id="Futura_System" value="Yes">
</td>
<td width="147" bgcolor="#1BA088" class="mainbody"> </td>
<td width="63" bgcolor="#1BA088"> </td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="480" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td width="72" valign="top" class="mainbody"> </td>
<td width="388"><table width="382" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="formstyle">
<tr>
<td width="337"><table width="304" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr bgcolor="#1BA088">
<td width="268" class="tbs-small-white"> Please send me a full
product literature </td>
<td width="24"><input name="Full_Products" type="checkbox" id="Full_Products" value="Yes" >
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>

<!-REMOVE THIS IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR OWN 'THANK YOU' PAGE (see below)->
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="SUCCESS-RESPONSE" VALUE="Thank you for your input.">

<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Send">

</form>

micromc

ASKER

Been through this solution here but i didn't wait for the email account to come online.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21819015/Email-Form-Problem-Experts-please-help.html

mvan01

Hi micromc,

I see that your ISP does not provide "access to sendmail," but are you familiar with the mailto: protocol? You can include it in a simple <a> html tag, such as:

Contact me by sending an email to: <a href="mailto:name@domain.com">name@domain.com</a>

Clicking this link will fire up the user's default e-mail program and put your name in the to: field. If you want to add a subject (depending on which page they clicked on) you can add that in. See this for more details:

http://www.angelfire.com/dc/html-webmaster/mailto.htm

mailto: doesn't send the email directly from your website, but it may suit your needs.

Peace and joy. mvan

mvan01

Hey,

Enter this into your browser's location box (or address box):

mailto:someone@somewhere.com?subject=your new website&body=Hi, I really like your website, because ...

Just a bit of javascript could get the values of some text boxes on your webpage into this format, to be submitted to the browser ( .location ) and away you go. You don't even have to ask them for their email address because, of course, their email client will add that automatically.

Peace and joy. mvan

micromc

ASKER

thanks for the help but i dont want to open there mail client, i just want to send the info from the webpage..

micromc

ASKER

seeing as i can send email from myself, is there way to send the email with it coming from my email address and includes there email in the information from the form??

Deepak Vasudevan

Hi,

You can try using a Remotely Hosted Feedback forms. Bravenet, Freedback.com etc. do provide for free and a small advertisement in the results page for return.

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