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"Anybody can help to deal with scripting and cgi-bin ? Thanks a lot!"

How to put scripting into cgi-bin in order to receive reply from site visitors?
I tried many time and got FormMail scripting from open source, but it just doesn't work, pls help!

I've got a page on one of my sites where people can email me. It sends mail via this random companies mailserver (shhh...) to any email address you want. The volumes are minuscule as mine isn't a commercial site so I'm sure they don't notice ;) It does the job.

I'll pass the code on if thats what you're after - it's only html that you need to change to suit yourself, that passes values to an ASP script. Drop me a line at [email protected] and I'll pass it on.

You only need to find a company with certain STMP settings on there mailserver. I've heard that a lot of sites 'unoffically' use the BBC server to forward mail too. If your site is commercial, then I wouldn't recommend it. I'd use a proper script, but I got this working in a couple of minutes.

Yes, I'd say it's best to go with PHP if your on Freeola, more people seem to be more informed with PHP, and it's generally better at performing Tasks than Perl ...

.. It i also easier to create code...

try looking at:

http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/
http://php.resourceindex.com/
http://scriptsearch.internet.com/


: For some Mail Form Scripts.

I suggest you learn PHP and do it yourself, it's surprisingly easy. Go to http://www.php.net/ or http://www.webmonkey.com/

Hi cjh

thanks a lot, your answer is what I need. By the way, can you tell me where I can get a cgi script that I can use for my site? I have tried a FormMail.pl from Matt, but I was too complicate for me to modify.

If you mean what I think you mean, your having touble putting the Script in your cgi-bin.

You'll have to use the same method which you use to upload any type of file to your Web Space. However, for a Script ... or more precice, a CGI Script, you will need to put it into the Folder named "cgi-shi", and not the "htdocs" Folder. But, when refering to it in your HTML Form, it should link to the "cgi-bin". i.e. ACTION="http://www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/mailform.cgi"

Hope I got what you wanted right .. if not, sory, and I'll try again later.

How to put scripting into cgi-bin in order to receive reply from site visitors?
I tried many time and got FormMail scripting from open source, but it just doesn't work, pls help!