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Re: Automatic mail submission

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From: Don Benish
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 00:00
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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...
>
>
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>   +----------------------------+----------------------------+
>   |  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
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From: dabmowf@why.net (Don Benish)
Subject: Re: Automatic mail submission
Date: 1997/04/04
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