form submission and mailing problems........aaaagh

Gerry · March 14th, 2007, 06:43 PM

Hey all,

Must I use php or cgi etc in order to have a form submitted via an email address? I thought a simple mailto would work, but it doesn’t.

Within Dreamweaver I have made a form thus

<form method="post" action="mailto:name@site.co.uk" enctype="text/plain" name="company_name">

(company details generalised for confidentiality)

then there are numerous fields, and bits to fill in, along with a submit button……….

<input name="Submit" type="submit" class="contactsubmit" value="Submit Form">

then form closure……………

</form>

From what I can gather by other research, all this should work. Frustrating. Anyone see any code I’m missing? Thanks.

karinne · March 14th, 2007, 07:38 PM

Well ... using the mailto link in that action with send a text file with stuff like

Code:

name=My&Name&;otherfield=Some&other&info

Not sure exactly but it's really crappy. That's why it's better to use a PHP or Perl script to send the info.

Here's on I've been plastering on this forum

PHP Contact Script

Gerry · March 14th, 2007, 07:46 PM

I wouldn't mind if a text file got sent at the moment, it doesn't matter too much what format the information gets sent in, because at least the form would be sending info of some sort. my frustration is that it isnt even doing that much. do you think the code looks like it should work?
I'll have a look at the script thanks, but was hoping a simple mailto would suffice in the meantime.
cheers.
PS I see around the forum you answer a lot to help folks out, just like to say thanks

Lchad · March 15th, 2007, 07:27 AM

Here is an example of what I use for the first two lines of my form mail:

Code:

    <form action="http://www.website.com/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl"
  method="POST" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
  <input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="info">

My host added the enctype so check with your host to see if they have recommendations.
The only other mandatory line is the "recipient" . If you get those two lines it should work. The recipient must be the .com email address as well.

Hope that helps