Submitting forms

[m737]

Hi,

I'm having a problem with a HTML form that I'm working with. I want it to submit the form to an email address and redirect the user to a thank you page. I've tried a couple of things like closing it when the submit button is clicked, but then the email won't send for me. I also tried using an on click to go to a the thank you page but once again it goes to the page but I dont recieve the mail.

Any idea how to get around this!

Thanks
M

[BlobFisk]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, m737!

Are you using a server side script or just a mailto: command?

[southarkwright]

Look into JMAIL. You can do exactly what you need with it. if you need help let me know, i'll get you the code needed to do this.

[moose606]

You need to have a cgi script, like formmail, and access it as follows:
<form action="/cgi-bin/formmail.pl?http://www.yourdomain.com/thanks.html"
method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="youremail address here">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Website Feedback Form">

This will work, providing you have the script in your cgi bin.

[Khemikal]

I'd suggest to not use a CGI form mail script. They can get hit pretty hard by the spambots. I'd highly suggest a php based form mail, much like Aformmail.

Khem