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- 10. How do I make a form email
me the input? - Top
- There are many ways to do this. You can
use the FrontPage email bot, ASPMail, ASPEmail, JMail or a CGI script that
support SMTP servers. The servers do not support Sendmail.
Here is an
example of a Cold Fusion mailto Script. The entries in CAPITAL LETTERS are the
ones you replace with your information.
Don't include the ---- lines.
-----Script Starts Here-----
from="USER@YOURDOMAIN.COM"
to="EMAIL@WHEREYOUWANTTHEMAILTOGO.COM"
subject="ENTER SUBJECT YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPEAR"
server="mail.YOURDOMAIN.com">
#form.FIRSTFORMFIELDNAME#
#form.SECONDFORMFIELDNAME#
#form.THIRDFORMFIELDNAME#
------SCRIPT ENDS HERE----
The basics are pretty clear here. Just copy the text between the
----- lines and paste it into NOTEPAD. Do not use a word processor. This will
add extra formatting characters that the script will not recognize.
Enter
the From Address, To Address and Subject. The body of the email will be the
#form.firstformfieldname# part. Let's say you have the following form field
names: email, firstname, lastname, address. The body part would appear
as:
#form.email#
#form.firstname#
#form.lastname#
#form.address#
You
can also add extra info in the email like:
Thank you #form.firstname#
#form.lastname# for submitting our form.
I see you're understanding the
function here. The #form part inserts the form field data that the customer
entered in the form.
Once you've got the script edited to your liking,
save the file as mailto.cfm. Upload this anywhere in your website. The action=
portion of your form should read
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