Newbie with a question...

Where can I buy the software?

[Redhead2]

[Revised original post]

I run a non-web Intranet for my company and 75% of the employees don't have email accounts. I need a form and survey that they can fill out online (local) and send it to me. Has anyone created or know where I can find the script or software that will do this? I thought perhaps Perl could?

[DrDoc]

Non-web? So, no Web or mail server then?

[Redhead2]

Correct. We have over 3000 employees and 75% of them do not have email accounts (aka password protected web access). Which means they can't access the internet (web) from work and the Intranet is housed on site and can not be accessed from home on the internet. It's very limiting to say the least.

[DrDoc]

If the intranet server has no Web or mail server installed you cannot get it to send an e-mail. So, you should look into buying some form of non-web software that can send messages over an intranet.

[aspr1n]

You might like to look at this product, we've used it on numerous occasions in intranets, it's fast, reliable, configurable, and runs on Linux, NetWare, Win2k and Solaris: [novell.com...]

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[Redhead2]

Thanks to both of you for your replys. I appreciate the Novell link, however that software requires more than what my I.T. department allows unfortunately.

I'm now looking at message boards or maybe some sort of form that will leave the question/answer on the page for all to see. I think I'm in way over my head, ha!

[ShawnR]

I tend to agree that if all you want is to do an employee survey, you don't need a corporate email/messaging system. You could revisit it if/when you need email for each employee...

I'd suggest set up a webserver on the Intranet (using one of the opensource Web servers). Then use perl or php to create a simple form. It could store responses in a simple comma separated value file for later analysis using MS Excel, or you could use a MySql database. If you want the answers left on the page for all to see, you could program it that way, or you don't have to. I don't know if there is a free script to do this, but it is not complex, so your IT team could give it a go, or you could get someone to do it.

(You will need to think about how to handle multiple responses from the same employee... Have their last response override their previous one, vs only allow them to respond once. Also you will have to think of how you will validate each employee; or perhaps that doesn't matter and you trust that no-one will try to rig the system)

Shawn