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I want to produce a web form that will sit on a standard windows server, the
user will load the page via a short cut and once they have filled in the
form they will hit submit which will e-mail it to a certain e-mail account
which will be picked up by our own internal e-mail server. It will then
forward the e-mail to a internal e-mail address.

I can write the form part ok but I don't know how to set up the e-mailing
part, we have out own e-mail server but its just pointing it to our
internal e-mail server I can't work out. Can it be done without the need of
php, asp, java etc. and done with plain html??

Tim

Tim wrote:

> I can write the form part ok but I don't know how to set up the e-mailing
> part, we have out own e-mail server but its just pointing it to our
> internal e-mail server I can't work out. Can it be done without the need
> of php, asp, java etc. and done with plain html??

No. You need a server side form handler (well, there is mailto: but its
horrible at best, and doesn't work at worst).

I'd suggest the NMS TFMail script.
http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/scripts.shtml


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Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Tim <> writing in
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> I want to produce a web form that will sit on a standard windows
> server, the user will load the page via a short cut and once they have
> filled in the form they will hit submit which will e-mail it to a
> certain e-mail account which will be picked up by our own internal
> e-mail server. It will then forward the e-mail to a internal e-mail
> address.
>
> I can write the form part ok but I don't know how to set up the
> e-mailing part, we have out own e-mail server but its just pointing it
> to our internal e-mail server I can't work out. Can it be done without
> the need of php, asp, java etc. and done with plain html??
>
> Tim
>
>

It depends on what scripting language you are using, and what, if any, mail
component you are using.

If I were doing this, I would have the form post to itself, and send mail
from that page, eg. mail.to = "". Your server would then
be responsible for forwarding mail in Mary's box to John's box.

I suggest you contact a group for your kind of server, or for the language
you will be using.

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David Dorward wrote:
> Tim wrote:
>
>
>>I can write the form part ok but I don't know how to set up the e-mailing
>>part, we have out own e-mail server but its just pointing it to our
>>internal e-mail server I can't work out. Can it be done without the need
>>of php, asp, java etc. and done with plain html??
>
>
> No. You need a server side form handler (well, there is mailto: but its
> horrible at best, and doesn't work at worst).
>
> I'd suggest the NMS TFMail script.
> http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/scripts.shtml

I'm assuming that needs sendmail, which is rare on a windows box.

Or am I wrong?

From my experience sending mail on a windows box is a much ifier
proposition than you would think. Not sure why... Find out what your
mail client is, it may be CDONTS, or it may be something else. It may
work, or it may not.

Jeff
>
>

Jeff Thies wrote:

>> I'd suggest the NMS TFMail script.
>> http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/scripts.shtml

> I'm assuming that needs sendmail, which is rare on a windows box.

> Or am I wrong?

Since they provided a zip file, I'd assume not. Still, it only takes 30
seconds to download it and skim the README.

If your system lacks a suitable sendmail program, then
you can configure TFmail to talk directly to an SMTP
relay rather then using sendmail.


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David Dorward wrote:

> No. You need a server side form handler (well, there is mailto: but its
> horrible at best, and doesn't work at worst).

I'v read about the problems with mailto but surely if you have something
like:

<a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=">web@bright onfixedodds.net</a>

there shouldn't be a problem?

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Robert Frost-Bridges wrote:

> I'v read about the problems with mailto but surely if you have something
> like:
>
> <a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=">web@bright onfixedodds.net</a>

.... then you wouldn't be sending form data, so it doesn't solve the OP's
problem.

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David Dorward wrote:

> Robert Frost-Bridges wrote:
>
>> I'v read about the problems with mailto but surely if you have something
>> like:
>>
>> <a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=">web@bright onfixedodds.net</a>
>
> ... then you wouldn't be sending form data, so it doesn't solve the OP's
> problem.
>

Sorry David, I worded it really badly, I just wanted to ask if it was ok to
include a mailto link on a page in that format, I wasn't really intending
to refer to the OP's problem.

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Robert Frost-Bridges wrote:

>>> <a href="private.php?do=newpm&u=">web@bright onfixedodds.net</a>

> Sorry David, I worded it really badly, I just wanted to ask if it was ok
> to include a mailto link on a page in that format, I wasn't really
> intending to refer to the OP's problem.

I don't see it as a problem, its easy enough to copy/paste the address if
one's browser doesn't know about one's email client (e.g. gmail).

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David Dorward wrote:
>
> (well, there is mailto: but its
> horrible at best, and doesn't work at worst).

I don't agree. mailto: doesn't work for all of the people, even some of
the time, but it does work for some of the people all of the time.

When I'm given a choice between mailto: and a form, I'll take mailto:
every time.

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