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message from AlanShaw on 19 Jul 2004
Name=Joe Public
CompanyName=ABC Company
Address=ABC House
High Street
Anywhere
TelephoneNumber=01234567890
FacsimileNumber=01234567890
EmailAddress=joe@abc.com
InfoRequired=This is a test, This is a test, this is a test.
Submit=Submit Form

Have I overlooked a feature of DW that could improve this?
Regards
Alan
 
Gary White replied to AlanShaw on 19 Jul 2004
Are you using a script to process the form, or are you just using a
mailto in the form's action?

Gary
 
AlanShaw replied to Gary White on 19 Jul 2004
Hi Gary

Whilst the page is an ASP page, I'm just using the mailto option in the form's action.

You obviously know of an alternative.

Alan
 
Gary White replied to AlanShaw on 19 Jul 2004
If you're using a mailto in the form's action attribute, you have no further
control over the output. You should also know that the mailto method of
processing a form is very unreliable and depends on a number of things being
compatible on the user's computer.

I don't do much ASP, but the first step would be to check with the host to
see what methods of processing forms might be installable via your control
panel, or what mail components are installed on the server. From there,
you'll need to find someone more versed in ASP to help configure the script.

Gary
 
AlanShaw replied to Gary White on 19 Jul 2004
Hi Gary

I'll speak to vi.net, my host as you suggested.

There is this on their website,

http://kb.vi.net/instantkb12/article.aspx?id=10038

although it means little to me at this stage.

Regards
Alan
 
Gary White replied to AlanShaw on 19 Jul 2004
It is a fairly complete example of how to use the JMail component on their
server.

Gary
 

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