Re: Forms and Formmail on NT Server

I've been out of time and it's taken me awhile to catch up on the mail in 
this list so my response may be too late.  I had a similar problem not too 
long ago.  I took over and redesigned a website that is on an NT 
server.  I've always done forms for Unix servers before so this was 
new.  Unfortunately, most of the responses I received were "get the client 
to switch to Unix".  Of course -- that would have been my preference, but 
the client wasn't interested in switching and I figure my job is to make it 
work, not complain that I can only do what he's hired me to do if he plays 
by my rules.  I checked with the tech people at the host company and they 
told me it was easy with Front Page extensions.  I don't use Front Page, so 
again no option.  I finally found a cgi program which I installed in the 
cgi-bin and configured the .ini file so it would do what I want.  I got the 
program at http://www.netwinsite.com/cgimail/ .  I can't speak for the 
quality, but I can tell you that it works with no problems.  If you have 
any questions about configuration, contact me.

Kathie Riechmann

At 04:44 PM 5/7/01 -0400, jgarber(at)bestweb.net wrote:
>I posed this question some time ago, but perhaps there are
>other solutions now available.
>
>My client had a site designed by another designer that ran
>fine on a Unix server. My client's Wen hoster was taken over
>by another and the servers were changed over to NTs. There
>was a simple catalogue order form which consisted of a
>Formmail script sending mailing info to an email address. It
>stopped functioning when the servers were changed.
>
>I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to get it to
>work with little support from the hoster. I settled on a
>simple mailto solution. Now my client informs me that she
>does want the form which prompt with the correct info they need.
>
>The HWG folks last time essentially told me that Formmail
>does not work with NT servers.
>
>Is that still so? I spoke to a web programmer who said that
>he does forms in ASP. Is that the route to go? I need to get
>this down fairly quickly.
>
>Thanks in advance.

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