Re: send attachment with form

1) The form type must be correct.  To do this, add this attribute to your
form tag:

 enctype='multipart/form-data'

2) Then, you need to add the form field for the button:

<.input type='file' name='blah' value='' />

3) Your script must be capable of understanding and processing the input.  I
am not sure about formmail, as I have never used it, but I know CGI and
CGI::Minimal can handle it, so there are many scripts out there that will
allow you to do it...I wrote a couple of them.  It's also easy enough in
PHP.

Someone else will probably be able to confirm or deny formmail's
capabilities in this area.

D

----- Original Message -----
From: "Blue Tapp" <blue(at)bluesarthouse.com>


I am setting up a simple form (using formail.cgi) which sends the submitted
info to an e-mail address.  Here's my question.  I also want to allow the
user to attach a file from their hard drive to send along with it.  So what
needs to happen is that they click on an "attach file" button and a browser
window opens up.  They select the file, click on "attach" and then "send"
and the submitted info is sent to the designated e-mail address along with
the attached file.  I have seen this done all over the place; I just need
to be pointed in the right direction to find out how to set it up.
TIA!
Blue

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