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FormMail 'drop in' replacement.

Any straightforward replacements that can be recommended?

         

ritch_b

10:31 am on Nov 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I'm currently running FormMail 1.92 for a number of sites but in the light of a few problems, am looking to change.

In some instances, the forms haven't actually been sent on submit. Sendmail hasn't received a number of submitted forms and naturally, hasn't sent them on to the recipient.

Can anyone suggest a suitable 'drop in' replacement for FormMail? Given the number of sites that use this common formmail, the thought of changing a heap of forms to work doesn't appeal, hence the need for a script we can just replace the old one with.

Suggestions much appreciated!

R.

denisdekat

2:48 pm on Nov 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

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This does not seem a like a problem wioth the script. Why would it work sometimes and sometimes not? Can you take a look at your web logs to see what the formmail logs might indicate? I would check there. Also, are you on linux/unix/Windoze?

ritch_b

2:59 pm on Nov 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Matt's Formmail, lovely though it is, has its fair share of holes and glitches. In this case, submitted forms appear to only be passed to Sendmail (linux) some of the time.

The logs from Sendmail show when it received the forms and whether they were sent successfully. As we don't log calls to the form itself (it's a common CGI-BIN used by several hundred sites) and don't log form contents (security implications) there's no other information to work off.

As for a drop-in replacement, NMS's FormMail seems to work a treat and has some useful security improvements over the original FormMail. Whether it resolves the problem, I'll wait and see.

R.

divaone

5:26 pm on Nov 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

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a perfect replacement is phpFormMail. its a replica of the perl version and comes with all the same options. there is good community support and a few add-ins. the best i've found is being able to declare the hidden value of recipient (and cc and bcc) with a number value (or whatever type of value you'd like)

input type=hidden name=recipient value=3

no matter what you use i would follow the suggestion above and check the logs, etc. to determine the true source of the problem.

Wizcrafts

6:37 am on Dec 3, 2003 (gmt 0)

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NMS Formmail replacements are drop in's for MSA Formmail, but with security enhancements and aliases available. Find the latest version here: [nms-cgi.sourceforge.net...]

Wiz