Re: CGI

Hi Jim. Thanks for your input....but.....I still have a slight problem.

 >Via telnet execute 'which mail' and then use that /path/to/mail.

My biggest problem is that my host does not provide telnet. When
I first signed up with them, I asked them about Telnet and they said that
they were working on it. (I went ahead and purchased because it was
only $20 for the year.) So, are there any ways that I can avoid using
Telnet?
Or am I just missing the whole point? Like I said I am VERY new to CGI,
perl, and telnet. Thanks again.

Have a great day. Matthew
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At 06:06 PM 4/8/02 -0400, jim barchuk wrote:
>Hello Matthew!
>
> > Hi to all you CGI gurus out there. I am having a problem with an
> > email script. I wrote it in perl, but when I uploaded it (to my cgi-bin),
> > it didn't work. It gave me this error message:
>
> > 'sendmail' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>
> > $sendmail = "sendmail -t -n -oi";
> > open(MAIL, "| $sendmail") or
>
>The 'not recognised' error is an indication that, as is common, you cannot
>address sendmail directly. Via telnet execute 'which mail' and then use
>that /path/to/mail. Mail is a safety/security buffer between Duh Yoozer
>(you) and a valuable server resource (the admin's lifeblood.) Also, via
>mail, the server can provide sendmail, or change to something else, and
>can move it around without affecting every script that calls it.
>
>Have a :) day!
>
>jb
>
>--
>jim barchuk
>jb(at)jbarchuk.com

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