Ok i made a form: few text box, and chechboxs and im wondering, when you hit the submit button it opens outlook express or what ever default mail program you have active. Is there anyway so it wont open it and just send the information to you directly? in other words just how do you bypass that little part.<!--content-->This is the drawback to forms, you need to use a server side language to send information. To send an email to yourself, I suggest you use something like CGI-Perl. If you haven't the time/interest in learning it, there are numerous free sources out there.<br />
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If your webhost supports CGI:<br />
Mail Form Handler (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.employees.org/~tstevens/mail_form/mail_form.htm">http://www.employees.org/~tstevens/mail ... l_form.htm</a><!-- m -->) <br />
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Other Good Script:<br />
My Mail Form (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.mymailform.com/uk/">http://www.mymailform.com/uk/</a><!-- m -->)<!--content-->http://www.webdevfaqs.com/php.php#mailer<br />
if you have php use this, if you have asp.net or asp available I can get you soruce code. The problem with a client side form is that it dependes on a client's mail client, which in this case is outlook. A server side mail form will send the mail to the smtp server and from there it will be emailed to your email provider's pop3. If you use a client side email form and the user does not have a mail client installed then they are basically screwed.<!--content-->
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If your webhost supports CGI:<br />
Mail Form Handler (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.employees.org/~tstevens/mail_form/mail_form.htm">http://www.employees.org/~tstevens/mail ... l_form.htm</a><!-- m -->) <br />
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Other Good Script:<br />
My Mail Form (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.mymailform.com/uk/">http://www.mymailform.com/uk/</a><!-- m -->)<!--content-->http://www.webdevfaqs.com/php.php#mailer<br />
if you have php use this, if you have asp.net or asp available I can get you soruce code. The problem with a client side form is that it dependes on a client's mail client, which in this case is outlook. A server side mail form will send the mail to the smtp server and from there it will be emailed to your email provider's pop3. If you use a client side email form and the user does not have a mail client installed then they are basically screwed.<!--content-->