Overview
FormMail is a generic WWW form to e-mail gateway, which
will parse the results of any form and send them to the specified user.
This script has many formatting and operational options, most of which
can be specified through the form, meaning you don't need any programming
knowledge or multiple scripts for multiple forms. This also makes FormMail
the perfect system-wide solution for allowing users form-based user
feedback capabilities without the risks of allowing freedom of CGI access.
Form Configuration
String that you need to use FormMail in your page is
<form method=post action="http://www.istop.com/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl">
Necessary Form Fields
There is only one form field that you must have in your form, for
FormMail to work correctly. This is the recipient field.
| Field: | recipient
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| Description: |
This form field allows you to specify to whom you wish for your
form results to be mailed. Most likely you will want to
configure this option as a hidden form field with a value equal
to that of your e-mail address.
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| Syntax: | <input type=hidden name="recipient" value="email@your.host.com"> |
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Optional Form Fields
| Field: | subject
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| Description: |
The subject field will allow you to specify the subject that you
wish to appear in the e-mail that is sent to you after this form
has been filled out. If you do not have this option turned on,
then the script will default to a message subject: WWW Form
Submission
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| Syntax: | If you wish to choose what the subject is:
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="Your Subject">
To allow the user to choose a subject:
<input type=text name="subject"> |
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| Field: | email
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| Description: | This form field will allow the user to specify their return
e-mail address. If you want to be able to return e-mail to your
user, I strongly suggest that you include this form field and
allow them to fill it in. This will be put into the From:
field of the message you receive. If you want to require an
email address with valid syntax, add this field name to the
'required' field.
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| Syntax: | <input type=text name="email"> |
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| Field: | realname
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| Description: | The realname form field will allow the user to input their real
name. This field is useful for identification purposes and will
also be put into the From: line of your message header.
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| Syntax: | <input type=text name="realname"> |
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| Field: | redirect
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| Description: | If you wish to redirect the user to a different URL, rather than
having them see the default response to the fill-out form, you
can use this hidden variable to send them to a pre-made HTML
page.
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| Syntax: | To choose the URL they will end up at:
<input type=hidden name="redirect" value="http://your.host.com/to/file.html">To allow them to specify a URL they wish to travel to once the form is filled out:
<input type=text name="redirect"> |
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| Field: | required
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| Version: | 1.3 & Up |
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| Description: | You can now require for certain fields in your form to be filled
in before the user can successfully submit the form. Simply
place all field names that you want to be mandatory into this
field. If the required fields are not filled in, the user will
be notified of what they need to fill in, and a link back to
the form they just submitted will be provided.
To use a customized error page, see 'missing_fields_redirect'
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| Syntax: | If you want to require that they fill in the email and phone
fields in your form, so that you can reach them once you have
received the mail, use a syntax like:
<input type=hidden name="required" value="email,phone"> |
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Example:
FormMail in Action
More Info
Please visit author's Readme Page if you required further information about FormMail script.
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