Form mail

[dave evans]

Hi Guys can any one help with some info on how to set up form mail, is this asc simple as finding a form mail script and uploading this to your cgi-bin folder and designing a form to access this script any help here most appreciated Dave. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img]

[dave evans]

Hi Guys can any one help with some info on how to set up form mail, is this asc simple as finding a form mail script and uploading this to your cgi-bin folder and designing a form to access this script any help here most appreciated Dave. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img]

[chuck]

Hey evsy,
i recently put form mail on my site and i didn't know anything about cgi-bin and perl etc. but it is pretty simple. what i did was get a pre-written script from a place like matts script archive:
http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/formmail.shtml

it come with all the instructions on how to do it.
chow
chuck

[dave evans]

Hey thanks for the advice chuck ill check this site out, regards Evsy.

[Jen Worden]

Evsy,

Matt's instructions are pretty thorough and when you've set Formmail up once, it'll be a piece of cake. From experience the main flub most first-timers make is either not uploading the cgi as ASCII (as opposed to binary) or not getting your permissions (ie. chmod) correct. All perl scripts should be 755 (RWX-RX-RX).

If you encounter any problems, just let me know. Been there. Done that. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

cfn ... Jen
Jen Worden
Web Developer
www.meadoworks.com

[dave evans]

Thank you for the advice Jen but please excuse my ignorance 755 (RWX-RX-RX)? not to sure on this one, Evsy.

[Jen Worden]

No prob, Evsy, the only way to learn is to ask questions!

Once you've ftp'd your scripts, you should notice that all files have a permission code beside them. (most FTP programs have them) Regular HTML files are usually RW-R-R. This translates into ReadWrite-Read-Read or 644.


What this means:

There are 3 permission areas Owner, Group and Public(also Others/World). Owner being you, Group being a specified group (ie. intranets but for the most part Group is treated like Public), Public being everyone else.

So for .cgi scripts it should be ReadWriteExecute-ReadExecute-ReadExecute or 755.

For a good tutorial on CHMOD go here : http://www.hat-trick-dev.com/knowled...heatsheet.html

Good luck!

cfn ... Jen
Jen Worden
Web Developer
www.meadoworks.com

[dave evans]

Thankyou Jen for your time and patience this is a great place to learn take care Evsy.