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Re: Automatic mail submission

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From: gareth
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 00:00
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In article <33455a9e.22689519@news.why.net>, Don Benish
<dabmowf@why.net> writes
>On Wed, 02 Apr 1997 18:52:57 GMT, ejvr@ej1bbs.demon.nl (Evert Jan van
>Ramselaar) wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 01 Apr 1997 15:50:15 +0000, Nigel Horne
>><NIGEL.HORNE.0353041@nt.com> wrote:
>>
>>>When hitting the 'submit' button on a form I'd prefer the form's
>>>contents to be e-mailed to an address, with a preset subject. I don't
>>>want to just have a URL of mailto: because that wouldn't implement a
>>>form, and I can't use Javascript's .submit() because Demon won't let me
>>>have my own CGI scripts.
>>
>>Try starting your form with this:
>>
>><form action="http://www.tamu.edu:80/cgi/mailto.pl" method="POST">
>><input type="hidden" name="errorsto" value="name@host.demon.nl">
>><input type="hidden" name="mailitto" value="name@host.demon.nl">
>><input type="HIDDEN" name="subject" VALUE="Any subject you want">
>>Your real name:        <input name="namefrom" size=45>
>>Your e-mail address:   <input name="mailfrom" size=45>
>>
>>This works fine for me. Pse let me know if it works for you too...
>>
>>
>>--
>>   +----------------------------+----------------------------+
>>   |  Met vriendelijke groet    |  Evert Jan van Ramselaar   |
>>   |  With kind regards         |  EJ1BBS Internet Services  |
>>   |                            |  ejvr@ej1bbs.demon.nl      |
>>   +----------------------------+----------------------------+
>>   |    Visit our website:   <http://www.ej1bbs.demon.nl>    |
>>   +---------------------------------------------------------+
>>          NetSight: zoeken op naam, plaats of categorie
>>              <http://www.ej1bbs.demon.nl/netsight>
>
>Do you have permission from tamu.edu to use their mailto.pl
>They may not be happy when every Tom, Dick and Harry slams their
>server with form mail calls.
>Don
>http://www.megaconverter.com
>FAQ at http://www.why.net/users/dabmowf

Are their any free access to CGI servers?

Grant
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From: gareth <GRANT@j-sltd.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Automatic mail submission
Date: 1997/04/08
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