Form to Mail Script?

Question

Hey all,
I have a website (html) which I want to put a Form to Mail on. I've been up and down the internet trying to get this thing working and couldnt seem to get any scripts working properly. I'm interested in using a PHP script but I dont quite get the concept as to how this form to mail actually works. Please help me out I've been working on this for several hours and have gotten no where.

PS: I have a form set up in PHP I dont understand how to process the data in the form and have it sent to my email address.

I'd love to tackle this problem All help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Michael Clark

Answer 1

A ready made script in cgi-bin could do the trick:

have a look at nms formmail - it's the most widely used.

Answer 2

quick search yielded this example of a form used to mail info.

http://www.ibdhost.com/contact/

hope it helps.

You must have a mail server running properly in order to be able to send the emails anywhere. That's the first step before trying anythign else.

Answer 3

I've had better luck with using the CDO object with ASP. Also, some website hosting companies do not support sending email using the CDO object. Check to make sure they do.

Answer 4

I can help you with this problem. This is quite simple, I have implemented it on my own website. You can send me an e-mail via my website just to prove it. Check out:

http://tash.inspired4real.com

Answer 5

Make sure that you secure it properly. Spammers have been known to use formmail to relay spam.

Answer 6

//e mail variables. $headers = "From: " . $_POST["call"]; $headers .= "<" . $_POST["e mail"] . ">rn"; $headers .= "respond-To: " . $_POST["e mail"] . "rn"; $headers .= "return-course: " . $_POST["e mail"]; // deliver the e mail mail($sendto, $difficulty, $message, $headers); The headers will exchange it to coach who sent the e mail by ability of call or you could exchange that to e mail, besides as putting it to the e mail the place you could at as quickly as respond to that e mail. solid luck!