Re: Redirect in Formmail

Hi Rob--

Sorry, it looks like I just wasn't clear in the message I posted.  Anyway,
your message does suggest the solution--I had to include the absolute URL to
the FORM, rather than relative.  Doesn't look like I needed the extension.

Call it surprising, but the page validates as HTML4.01 Transitional.

Thanks for the help!
Debbie


> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 22:56:52 -0600
> From: Rob Atkinson <robatkinson(at)nucleus.com>
> Subject: Re: Redirect in Formmail
>
> Hi Debbie
>
> I would suspect your problem is with the URI of the FORM itself.
>
> <form method="POST" action="../cgi-bin/mailform">
>
> This does not make sense because you are directing the form input
> to go "one level" up and the page is three levels down -- from
> your main directory. Normally the "cgi-bin" is within the main
> directory and a URL would look like:
>
> http://www.visionsites.net/cgi-bin/
>
> If you that is where your "cgi-bin" directory is, then use:
>
> <form method="post" action="/cgi-bin/mailform">
>
> as this says to start in the main directory. If your "cgi-bin" is
> only one level up, then we are onto the second problem.
>
> The second problem I see is using "mailform" instead of
> "mailform.cgi" or "mailform.pl" which would be the correct way to
> refer to the script.
>
> Also... I'm not sure if because it's just a test page, but you
> have a lot of mixture of HTML & XHTML, which will not validate
> well.
>
>
> Website Rob
> Helping people create a Potent Web Site
>
>
> - --------------- Original Message ---------------
>
> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:34:30 -0700
> From: "Debbie O'Meara" <domeara(at)QuixNet.net>
> Subject: Redirect in Formmail
>
> Hello all--
>
> I'm using Matt's Formmail and redirecting people to a thank-you
> page after they submit the form.  The form is submitting the way
> it's supposed to but people aren't redirected to the thank-you
> page--they get an error 404.  The page exists--if you go directly
> to the URL I'm redirecting everyone to, the page shows up fine.
> The host (Valueweb) has no idea.  I've checked the Web site for
> Formmail, which tells me I'm doing things right.
>

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