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FormMail
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FORMMAIL FEATURES
Formmail.pl allows you to create sophisticated forms without
CGI scripting.
Please note:
AtlantaVirtual.com no longer allows Matt Wright's (formmail.pl)
to be installed on individual account's /cgi-bin/. This version
of formmail.pl has been proven to be vunerable to Spammers and
will be removed from your account if found running.
Follow the documentation below to configure your site forms
to work with the server's global version of formmail.pl, which
is safeguarded against spamming attempts through domain authentication.
To use our global copy of formmail.pl, create a form with any
decent web page creation software. The form action line should
be <form method="POST" action="/cgi-sys/formmail.pl">
Notice that the path is /cgi-sys/.
This is the path to our universal CGI BIN, which holds the modified
'formmail.pl' script. The 'formmail.pl' script
will do all the programming work for you. You alter the behavior
of formmail.pl by using hidden fields in your form.
There is only one form field that you must have in your form
for Formmail.pl to work correctly. This is the recipient field.
The sample below is specific to recipient addresses that are
located on the server which formmail.pl is being called from.
NOTE: Recipient addresses which are "off-server"
(i.e. myemail@yahoo.com ) must contact support for configuration
assistance. Support Request
Field: recipient
(see recipient note above) |
This form field allows you to specify
to whom you wish for your form results to be mailed. Most
likely, you will want to configure this option as a hidden
form field with a value equal to that of your e-mail address.
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<input
type=hidden name="recipient" value="username@your_domain.com"> |
Optional Form Fields:
Field: subject
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The subject field will allow you
to specify the subject that you wish to appear in the
e-mail that is sent to you after this form has been filled
out. If you do not have this option turned on, then the
script will default to a message subject: WWW Form Submission
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If you wish to choose what the
subject is:
<input type=hidden name="subject"
value="Your Subject">
To allow the user to choose a subject:
<input type=text name="subject">
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Field: email |
This form field will
allow the user to specify their return e-mail address.
If you want to be able to return e-mail to your user,
I strongly suggest that you include this form field and
allow them to fill it in. This will be put into the From:
field of the message you receive. |
<input
type=text name="email"> |
Field: realname
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The realname form field will allow
the user to input their real name. This field is useful
for identification purposes and will also be put into
the From: line of your message header. |
<input
type=text name="realname"> |
Field: sort |
This field allows you to choose
the order in which you wish for your variables to appear
in the e-mail that FormMail generates. You can choose
to have the field sorted alphabetically or specify a set
order in which you want the fields to appear in your mail
message. By leaving this field out, the order will simply
default to the order in which the browsers sends the information
to the script (which isn't always the exact same order
they appeared in the form). When sorting by a set order
of fields, you should include the phrase "order:" as the
first part of your value for the sort field, and then
follow that with the field names you want to be listed
in the e-mail message, separated by commas. |
To sort alphabetically:
<input type=hidden name="sort"
value="alphabetic">
To sort by a set field order:
<input type=hidden name="sort"
value="order:name1,name2,etc...">
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Field: redirect
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If you wish to redirect the user
to a different URL, rather than having them see the default
response to the fill-out form, you can use this hidden
variable to send them to a pre-made HTML page. |
To choose the URL the user will
end up at:
<input type=hidden name="redirect"
value="http://your_domain.com/filename.html">
To allow the user to specify a URL he wishes to travel
to once the form is filled out:
<input type=text name="redirect">
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Field: required
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You can now require for certain
fields in your form to be filled in before the user can
successfully submit the form. Simply place all field names
that you want to be mandatory into this field. If the
required fields are not filled in, the user will be notified
of what they need to fill in, and a link back to the form
they just submitted will be provided. |
If you want to require that
the user fill in the email and phone fields in your form,
so that you can reach them once you have received the
mail, use a syntax like:
<input type=hidden name="required"
value="email,phone">
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Field: env_report |
Allows you
to have Environment variables included in the e-mail message
you receive after a user has filled out your form. Useful
if you wish to know what browser they were using, what
domain they were coming from or any other attribute that
is associated with environment variables. The following
is a short list of valid environment variables that might
be useful:
REMOTE_HOST - Sends the hostname making
a request.
REMOTE_ADDR - Sends the IP address of
the remote host making the request.
HTTP_USER_AGENT - The browser the client is using
to send the request. General format: software/version
library/version. |
If you wanted to find the remote
host and browser sending the request, you would put the
following into your form:
<input type=hidden name="env_report"
value="REMOTE_HOST,HTTP_USER_AGENT"> |
Field: title |
This form field allows you to specify
the title and header that will appear on the resulting
page if you do not specify a redirect URL |
If you wanted a title of "Feedback
Form Results":
<input type=hidden name="title"
value="Feedback Form Results"> |
Field: return_link_url
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This field allows you to specify
a URL that will appear as "return_link_title", on the
following report page. This field will not be used if
you have the redirect field set, but it is useful if you
allow the user to receive the report on the following
page, but want to offer them a way to get back to your
main page. |
<input
type=hidden name="return_link_url" value="http://your_domain.com/filename.html"> |
Field: return_link_title |
This is the title that will be
used to link the user back to the page you specify with
return_link_url. The two fields will be shown on the resulting
form page as:
<ul> <li><a href="return_link_url">return_link_title</a>
</ul> |
<input
type=hidden name="return_link_title" value="Back to Main
Page"> |
Field: background
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This form field allows you to specify
a background image that will appear if you do not have
the redirect field set. This image will appear as the
background to the form results page. |
<input
type=hidden name="background" value="http://your_domain.com/image.gif"> |
Field: bgcolor
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This form field allows you to specify
a bgcolor for the form results page in much the way you
specify a background image. This field should not be set
if the redirect field is. |
For a background color of white:
<input type=hidden name="bgcolor"
value="#FFFFFF"> |
Field: text_color |
This field works in the same way
as bgcolor, except that it will change the color of your
text. |
For a text color of black:
<input type=hidden name="text_color"
value="#000000"> |
Field: link_color |
Changes the color of links on the resulting
page. Works in the same way as text_color. Should not
be defined if redirect is. |
For a link color of red:
<input type=hidden name="link_color"
value="#FF0000"> |
Field: vlink_color |
Changes the color of visited links on the
resulting page. Works exactly the same as link_color.
Should not be set if redirect is |
For a visited link color of blue:
<input type=hidden name="vlink_color"
value="#0000FF"> |
Field: alink_color |
Changes the color of active links on the
resulting page. Works exactly the same as link_color.
Should not be set if redirect is. |
For a visited link color of blue:
<input type=hidden name="alink_color"
value="#0000FF"> |
Any other form fields that appear in your script will be mailed
back to you and displayed on the resulting page if you do not
have the redirect field set.
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