Re: Perl & NT or not Perl?

Cindi,

I believe that your form processing relies on a program called "cgi-mail" to
process the contents of the completed form fields. From what I've read, this
program works only on UNIX servers (so I don't know why it worked
earlier---someone please correct me if I am wrong...). I believe an
alternative to cgi-mail is a program called "mailpost". Or, you could
utilize active server pages to handle the same process.

I am in the same boat, moving from UNIX to NT, with a server administrator
resistant to loading CGI scripts, so I am forced to learn active server
pages (asp)...which is a good, marketable skill to learn.

---Monica

----- Original Message -----
From: Cindi <markit(at)earthlink.net>
To: <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 9:50 AM
Subject: Perl & NT or not Perl?


> I am desparate! I have worked primarily with UNIX servers. I have used
> the scripts and codes below to make all my forms function. The script
> has always worked beautifully. I am developing a web site on an NT
> server. I thought I had tested the script a few months back and it
> worked. Now 2 days before the site is to go live, the script is not
> working.
>
> I keep getting an HTTP Error 405 which says "the method specified in the
> request line is not allowed for the resource identified by the request.
> Please ensure that you have the proper MIME type set up for the resource
> you are requesting."
>
> Can  anyone explain this? and will I be able to use this script on the
> NT? I have about 13 of them. If this helps, the client is setting up
> their own server, I don't know if it is something on their end or mine.
>
>
> HTML form code that has worked on unix systems
>
> <form method="post" action="/cgi-bin/cgiemail/request2.txt" name="info">
>
>         <INPUT NAME="success" TYPE="hidden" VALUE="thanks">
>
> This is the script which is simply saved as  text and is placed in the
> main site directory with the other html files. The script is never
> placed in the cgi-bin so I have never been sure why "/cgi-bin/cgiemail"
> is indicated in the post area of the code.
>
> To: markit(at)earthlink.net
> From: Information Form
> Subject: More Information
>
>  [Logo_Design]
>  [Public_Relations]
>  [Internet_Marketing]
>  [Advertising]
>  [POP-Packaging]
>
> The MIME type (I think this is what it's called) in the html is set at:
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
>
> If this won't work, any suggestions?
>
>
>

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