email selection on a form

11-06-2003

How can I create a dropdown menu that offers different email addresses and
when submit is clicked, emails the form results to the specified email
address?

I am pretty sure HTML itself won't do it. Am willing to incorporate ASP or
PHP.

thanks,
scpirin

11-06-2003

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "scpirin" <>
writing in news::

> How can I create a dropdown menu that offers different email addresses
> and when submit is clicked, emails the form results to the specified
> email address?
>
> I am pretty sure HTML itself won't do it. Am willing to incorporate
> ASP or PHP.
>
> thanks,
> scpirin
>
>
>
>

ASP - Page 1
<form method="post" action="form2.asp">
<fieldset>
<label for="email">Email Address: </label>

<select name="email" id="email">

<option value="">Select an Email Address</option>
<option value=""></option>
<option value=""></option>

</select>
<p style="text-align:center"><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></p>
</fieldset>
</form>

Page 2

<% dim email

email = request.form("email")

newmail.to = email
newmail.body = "Your message here"
newmail.send

%>

Adjust page 2 to whatever mailing system you are using, CDO, Aspmail, etc.

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11-06-2003

scpirin wrote:

> How can I create a dropdown menu that offers different email addresses and
> when submit is clicked, emails the form results to the specified email
> address?
>
> I am pretty sure HTML itself won't do it. Am willing to incorporate ASP or
> PHP.

You are right. HTML won't do it.

In PHP, it would be something like this:

Form:

<form action="formhandler.php" method="POST">
<fieldset>
<legend>E-mail Form</legend>
<label>To: <select name="who">
<option value="a">Al</option>
<option value="b">Bob</option>
<option value="c">Chaz</option>
</select></label><br>
<label>Subject: <input name="what1"></label><br>
<label>Body:<br> <textarea name="what2"></textarea></label>
</fieldset>
</form>

formhandler.php:

<?php
$who = $_POST['who'];
if ($who == 'a') { $to = ''; }
else if ($who == 'b') { $to = ''; }
else ($who == 'c') { $to = ''; }
$subj = $_POST['what1'];
$body = $_POST['what2'];
if ( mail($to,$subj,$body) ) {
header('Location: thanks.html');
} else {
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<title>Error</title>
<body><h1>Error</h1><p>An unspecified error occurred.</p></body>
<?
}
?>

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11-06-2003

"Toby A Inkster" <> wrote in message
news

. ..
> scpirin wrote:
>
> > How can I create a dropdown menu that offers different email addresses
and
> > when submit is clicked, emails the form results to the specified email
> > address?
> >
> > I am pretty sure HTML itself won't do it. Am willing to incorporate ASP
or
> > PHP.
>
> You are right. HTML won't do it.
>
> In PHP, it would be something like this:
>
> Form:
>
> <form action="formhandler.php" method="POST">
> <fieldset>
> <legend>E-mail Form</legend>
> <label>To: <select name="who">
> <option value="a">Al</option>
> <option value="b">Bob</option>
> <option value="c">Chaz</option>
> </select></label><br>
> <label>Subject: <input name="what1"></label><br>
> <label>Body:<br> <textarea name="what2"></textarea></label>
> </fieldset>
> </form>
>
> formhandler.php:
>
> <?php
> $who = $_POST['who'];
> if ($who == 'a') { $to = ''; }
> else if ($who == 'b') { $to = ''; }
> else ($who == 'c') { $to = ''; }
> $subj = $_POST['what1'];
> $body = $_POST['what2'];
> if ( mail($to,$subj,$body) ) {
> header('Location: thanks.html');
> } else {
> ?>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
> <title>Error</title>
> <body><h1>Error</h1><p>An unspecified error occurred.</p></body>
> <?
> }
> ?>
>
> --
> Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
> Contact Me - http://www.goddamn.co.uk/tobyink/?page=132

Thanks much guys.....
Will work on both formats and see if I can get it to work........

scpirin
>

11-06-2003

scpirin wrote:

> Thanks much guys.....
> Will work on both formats and see if I can get it to work........

Make sure your mail handling script doesn't take in an address from the
form and use it willy-nilly. Otherwise spammers can exploit your script
to their benefit and likely your sorrow.

Brian Rodenborn

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