submitting forms from email newsletters

email newsletter forms

[chokky]

Is it possible to determine which option has been selected from a form on an email, and recognise which subscriber has submitted it? (ie. WHO has selected WHICH radio button on a form).
I do not have any database integration so use HTML and cgi. I can envisage two options...

1. Users are sent to a web page that confirms their selection from the form.
In this case, how can I parse the information to the web page (use seperate forms for each option which go to different pages?) and how can I tell who sent it if each newsletter doesn't have an individual ID?

or

2. When users click submit, their email client loads a message with the option title displayed in the subject box (or sends the email to a specific email address depending on their choice). In this case I will be able to determine who has sent the email, but how do I alter the subject title depending on the radio button selected from the form (or adjust the email address it gets sent to)?

The objective is to ensure that the user can register their selection with the minimum of effort (maybe click SEND on pre-filled email, or be taken to a web page that confirms their selection without them having to provide any further information).

Anyone got any suggestions...?

[jatar_k]

I figure you use get strings in the form and send them to a webpage(script) that says thank you very much and can confirm their selections.

You can even have "click here if the selections weren't right". As far as what you do with the data, no db, either flat/txt file or email it to yourself. Just have to watch that if they edit the info you will get two emails and it could become confusing.

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[emailtools]

Hi chokky,

If it's just a single option that your recipients select, have you considered using a selection of different mailto: urls?

That way you can specify the to field, the subject line, AND know who registered each selection.