email form result

[tweetie37]

Hi everyone:
I am not familiar with CGI. The host my company uses doesn't support PHP but has CGI. I would need a simple script just to email some form result to me. Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks a million....

[mlseim]

You need to find a "free" formmail script to use.

Your webhost may already provide you with a script to use
plus some instructions on how to use it.

Look around in the "members area" of your webhost and see
what helpful features they provide.

If they already have a "built-in" form handling program, they
will give you examples of the HTML code you will need to
create your form, and where to send the data.

Or, they may have a free script that you can upload into your
CGI-BIN directory. Since you are not familiar with CGI, this
method will take some learning -- recommend one-on-one
help from someone who can teach you the basics about CGI.

Here's another option you may want to look at ... at least until
you get some one-on-one CGI help from somebody.

This is a host that allows users to use THEIR host to process
forms. The results from the form get emailed to you.

http://www.thalasson.com/

Go to the site and print out the instructions on how to create
your form, and what "fields" and variables need to be sent.

The service is free to the public.

The down-side is that you are relying on their servers instead of
your own webhost. But, it's a way to get it done without knowing
any CGI stuff. In a pinch, I've used them before and it works
just fine.

--Max

[tweetie37]

Thanks for replying. Our order form is done mostly by Javascript and not just HTML. Would this service work?

[YUPAPA]

I think it works, but if you are using formmail for processing orders, I highly recommend you to install your own script to email the result back to you because anything you submit to that service can be viewed by the script / server owner.

I dun understand why they allow such a service because anyone can relay the mail server using the script they provide. They can spam, etc... :p

[tweetie37]

Thanks a bunch for the information.

[dswimboy]

the attached script is a great mail form script. fill in the variables as you need to, and it will take all of the fields of your form, email them to you, and direct them to a thank you page.