Dreamweaver - Email Confirmation

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Email Confirmation

MalRom

2005-12-18, 6:17 am

Hey there. I am looking at creating an email confirmation for my website.

When a customer submits a form, I would like for an email to be sent to the
costomer saying,

"Thanks for your enquiry, a response will be returned within 24 hours. Your
ticket number is I1236464." Bla bla bla.

Can anyone suggest how this is done?

Is it done using ASP or ASP.Net or something else?

Even better any tutorials/ books that explain how?

Better again an Extension.

Thanks

SmakDaddy

2005-12-18, 10:19 pm

"MalRom" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hey there. I am looking at creating an email confirmation for my website.
>
> When a customer submits a form, I would like for an email to be sent to
the
> costomer saying,
>
> "Thanks for your enquiry, a response will be returned within 24 hours.
Your
> ticket number is I1236464." Bla bla bla.
>
> Can anyone suggest how this is done?
>
> Is it done using ASP or ASP.Net or something else?
>
> Even better any tutorials/ books that explain how?
>
> Better again an Extension.
>
> Thanks
>

That's a Form to Email process.
Easy in PHP or CGI.
http://www.phorm.com/

All flavors.
http://hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_a...sors/index.html
http://hotscripts.com/CGI_and_Perl/...Processors/inde
x.html
http://hotscripts.com/ASP.NET/Scrip...ssors/index.htm
l

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Murray *TMM*

2005-12-18, 10:24 pm

There are only two ways to process form data -

1. Use mailto:name@domain.com as the action of the form
2. Use a server-side scripting method to a) harvest the form's data, b)
process it in some manner, e.g., enter it into a database, c) formulate and
send an email to one or more email recipients, and d) redirect the visitor
to some ending page

Method 1 is quite simple, and is also the least reliable. It depends both
on your visitor having an email client already installed on their computer -
this eliminates public computers, or home users without email clients
installed (more and more it seems) - and on the installed email client
responding to
the mailto call. It is not possible to use this method *and* send the
visitor to a
thank you page as well.

Method 2 is the preferred method, since it eliminates the problems of method
1, but it means that you have to grapple with server-scripting somehow (ASP,
CF, PHP, perl, etc.).

You would have to decide which of these methods is best for your needs,
but if it's Method 2, then start by asking your host what they provide for
form
processing.

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"MalRom" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:do3epp$6k4$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hey there. I am looking at creating an email confirmation for my website.
>
> When a customer submits a form, I would like for an email to be sent to
> the
> costomer saying,
>
> "Thanks for your enquiry, a response will be returned within 24 hours.
> Your
> ticket number is I1236464." Bla bla bla.
>
> Can anyone suggest how this is done?
>
> Is it done using ASP or ASP.Net or something else?
>
> Even better any tutorials/ books that explain how?
>
> Better again an Extension.
>
> Thanks
>

MalRom

2005-12-20, 6:37 pm

Hey there Murray. Thanks for taking the time to respond. I think I will look into option two.

Sounds like the better way to go.

Thanks.

Mally.

Murray *TMM*

2005-12-20, 6:37 pm

Yes.

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"MalRom" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hey there Murray. Thanks for taking the time to respond. I think I will
> look into option two.
>
> Sounds like the better way to go.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mally.
>

bregent

2005-12-20, 6:53 pm

Just be careful and validate every form item on the server side. Anytime you have a script that can send email to another party, you open the door a little wider for form/email abuse.