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Posted by Michael Vilain on 10/07/57 11:49
In article <1149546425.818481.279120@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"Mr B" <mrb_16@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am desperately seeking some guidance/help for this project. I have
> designed a form using html and it is designed to collect feedback from
> a user. It is now on a web server, but I don't know how to get it to
> return results to an email address when the submit button is pressed.
> I have tried using the <form method="post"
> action="mailto:blahblah@hotmail.com> but this brings up a dialog box
> which requires outlook express to communicate with hotmail which it
> won't do.
>
> So I presume I need a CGI script to do this, has anyone done this
> before who could tell me what I need to do?? I need this done
> desperately by Wednesday if this is possible.
>
> Thanks alot
>
> Daniel
If you're using php, check out the mail() function.
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php
It will allow you to collect the information and if $_POST variables
exist, mail them to whereever. It's a straightforward bit of coding.
Good luck.
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