Re: Form help
by Kukla Fran and Ollie <weblists2001(at)yahoo.com>
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Mon, 25 Feb 2002 19:20:00 -0800 |
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"HWG Style" <hwg-style(at)hwg.org> |
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"The McKane Group" <rwm(at)themckanegroup.com> |
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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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