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Viper_Strike

2005-02-28, 6:27 pm

hi guys,
i learnt how to make a form on dreamweaver and i set it to send to me email
and text/plain. But it opens outlook with people click on submit, how do i get
it to just send and not open outlook? please help,
thanks

Kramerica Industries

2005-02-28, 6:27 pm

You would need a server side script to process the form data. Check with
your host if they provide one for you.


"Viper_Strike" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:cvvfhk$j12$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> hi guys,
> i learnt how to make a form on dreamweaver and i set it to send to me
> email
> and text/plain. But it opens outlook with people click on submit, how do i
> get
> it to just send and not open outlook? please help,
> thanks
>



SnakEyez

2005-02-28, 6:27 pm

Most hosts provide one like this ( www.scriptarchive.com ). That is the most
common formmail script there is out there. It's a quick download, one file,
and all the instructions are right there on that website.

Nadia *TMM*

2005-02-28, 11:15 pm

"Viper_Strike" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:cvvfhk$j12$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> hi guys,
> i learnt how to make a form on dreamweaver and i set it to send to me
> email
> and text/plain. But it opens outlook with people click on submit, how do i
> get
> it to just send and not open outlook? please help,
> thanks


I would not use a standard mailto link - this is not a reliable method to
send/receive email. Also a haven for spambots unless you encrypt the link.

It will pay you to contact your host, most hosts supply a standard formmail
script that you can use.

Here's a couple of links that may be useful :
http://www.ezwebscripts.com/index.p...e=scripts&id=18
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp

How to style a form:
http://www.dreamweaverresources.com...styled_form.htm

I use the PHP form from here and it is very easy to set up.
http://boaddrink.com/

Perl-cgi http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net nms-formmail

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