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| message from Philip Papeman on 20 Jul 2004 |
Anybody have any recommendations for a simple script to process basic online
forms? Extension? Application?
I tried a Google search - Lots of confusing, dated and incomplete
references. A tutorial or detailed instructions would be ideal.
Windows IIS server. No PHP or CF. ASP maybe. Dreamweaver MX 6.1. Windows XP
Pro.
Thanks.
Phil
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| Philip Papeman replied to John Gaver on 20 Jul 2004 |
Thanks John. I took a look there this morning. They don't appear to have a
version for Windows servers.
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hijacking by spammers.
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| Dave Cross replied to Philip Papeman on 21 Jul 2004 |
[ about nms formmail ]
That's because the same version works equally well on Windows and Unix.
Dave...
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| Alan replied to Philip Papeman on 20 Jul 2004 |
yes- the nms-formmail script will work with an smut host.
<q> from readme-
http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/scripts.shtml
http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/formmail_compat-3.13c1.zip
If your web server lacks a sendmail binary, you can
use an SMTP relay instead, by setting $mailprog like
this:
$mailprog = 'SMTP:mailhost.your.domain';
You will need to replace mailhost.your.domain with
the name or IP address of an SMTP server configured
to relay mail for the web server.
Your system administrator or hosting provider should
be able to tell you either the path to sendmail on the
web server or the name of a host that will act as an
SMTP relay for the web server.
</q>
note- i don't think it will work if your mail server requires user/pass
authentication for smtp. Or- maybe it's a moot point if the admins have
enabled smtp to accept from localhost maybe?
OR- if it's a windows host- they should have a generic asp script
pre-installed, or say what mail components are installed and can be called
by asp scripting- if asp is enabled for the account.
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| Alan replied to Alan on 20 Jul 2004 |
never click 'change' to the first choice the spellchecker offers when not
looking at the screen :)
lets try that like this-
with an smpt host
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| Gary White replied to Alan on 20 Jul 2004 |
<LOL> When posting from home, I use Forte Agent. The spell checker's default
button in the dialog is "Ignore". When posting from work, I use Outlook
Express and its spell checker's default is "Change". Leads to some
interesting changes when you're used to just hitting the Enter key. ;-)
Gary
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| John Gaver replied to Philip Papeman on 20 Jul 2004 |
I have never found a respectable ISP who did not have Perl available on the
server. Just download the .zip version of FormMail, from SourceForge.
http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/formmail_compat-3.13c1.zip
There are included instructions about how to change the mail server info in
the CGI header, to use the Microsoft mail server, instead of sendmail.
Do NOT make the mistake of using the FormMail from Matt's Script archive.
Though it works functionally the same as the SourceForge version, to is not
nearly as spambot and hijack resistant as the SourceForge version.
John Gaver
Action America
(forget everything to contact me direct)
Microsoft: (n) Job security for IT consultants.
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| Jonathan Stowe replied to John Gaver on 21 Jul 2004 |
If you are having trouble configuring the NMS FormMail to work on
Windows please contact our mailling list at:
nms-cgi-support@lists.sourceforge.net
/J\
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| Jonathan Stowe replied to Anton_FA on 21 Jul 2004 |
There is also a heap of really bad ones too.
/J\
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| Murray *TMM* replied to Philip Papeman on 20 Jul 2004 |
There are two basic ways to process form data -
1. Use mailto:name@domain.com as the action of the form
2. Use a server-side scripting method to a) harvest the form's data, b)
process it in some manner, e.g., enter it into a database, c) formulate and
send an email to one or more email recipients, and d) redirect the visitor
to some ending page
Method 1 is quite simple, and is also the least reliable. It depends both
on your visitor having an email client already installed on their computer -
this eliminates public computers - and on that email client responding to
the mailto call (Eudora on the Mac is a good example of one that does not).
Method 2 is the preferred method, since it eliminates the problems of method
1, but it means that you have to grapple with server-scripting somehow (ASP,
CF, PHP, perl, etc.).
You make the call which way to go.
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| Philip Papeman replied to Murray *TMM* on 20 Jul 2004 |
Thanks Murray.
I long ago ruled out Method 1 as goofy. I've had modest success with Matt's
FormMail. It was the advanced grappling that I was trying to avoid.
Phil
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