PERL CGI Beginners - Basic CGI Question

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Basic CGI Question

Scott

2006-03-10, 3:55 am

I understand the basic concept of CGI. I want to use it to handle a half
dozen or so forms (name/address/phone/email...request-more-info forms) on
my website. I have Matt's FormMail script and the readme file. But the
script itself is so complex. I can't even tell where in the script to insert
my variables. Does anyone have a sample FormMail script that shows (maybe
with color-coded entries) exactly where to insert everything...like the
"subject" field, "email" field, "sort field", etc? If I could see an
actual personalized script, then I could customize it for my use.

One of the forms I use is at: http://www.uslink.net/~golden/bus-for1.html

I've been using www.response-o-matic.com, but I'd like to set up my own
cgi to avoid their ad when processing the form.

Thanks much!
Scott

Paul Lalli

2006-03-10, 9:55 pm

Scott wrote:
> I understand the basic concept of CGI. I want to use it to handle a half
> dozen or so forms (name/address/phone/email...request-more-info forms) on
> my website. I have Matt's FormMail script and the readme file.

STOP.

Do NOT use Matt's FormMail script. Or ANY of Matt Wright's scripts.
Search Google for the multitude of posts on why.

Go to http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/ to download drop-in replacements
for Matt's old scripts. They also have a decent help section.

Paul Lalli

Scott

2006-03-10, 9:55 pm

Paul Lalli wrote:
>
> Scott wrote:
>
> STOP.
>
> Do NOT use Matt's FormMail script. Or ANY of Matt Wright's scripts.
> Search Google for the multitude of posts on why.
>
> Go to http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/ to download drop-in replacements
> for Matt's old scripts. They also have a decent help section.
>
> Paul Lalli

Paul,

Thanks for the advice! You've helped make the subject a lot clearer now.

Scott

c.2

2006-03-10, 9:55 pm

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:53:33 -0600, Scott <golden@uslink.net> wrote:

>
>
>Paul Lalli wrote:
>
>Paul,
>
>Thanks for the advice! You've helped make the subject a lot clearer now.
>
>Scott

Good advice, he sent me there also!

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