Re: Form help

You are attempting to use a mailto: web form.  A common question is if a 
form can be created that sends its results to an email address instead of 
to a CGI. The short answer is "No". Some browsers do support this idea, but 
the results are URL-encoded and so are difficult to read. Many browsers 
don't support mail forms at all.

The best way to have form results emailed to you is to use a CGI. There are 
many free "form-mailer" CGI programs available. There's a good chance your 
web server already has a form-mailer CGI ready to use -- many web service 
providers include this as a freebie for their client. Check with your web 
administrator.

Mailto: forms are a user dependency issue.  If a user does not have their 
browser configured as an email client, it won't work all the time.  In 
addition, some *real* email clients, such as Eudora may not accept web page 
form mailto:'s because it is a security issue.  If your ISP allows you to 
install CGI scripts, this is the route to take.  It removes the user 
dependency.  Also, you may wish to investigate remotely-hosted CGI scripts 
if your ISP is being a pain.  Then again, with web hosting now dirt cheap 
there is no legitimate reason to stay with an ISP that does not allow you 
to use CGI scripts.

For more info, see
http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/forms/form.html
http://html.about.com/library/weekly/aa072699.htm


Kukla


At 08:04 PM 2/25/02 -0500, The McKane Group wrote:
>OK .... please be patient.
>
>I am going to try this again.  The form I am having problems with is found
>at:
>             www.cchsa.org/memform.html
>
>As always,
>Bob


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