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How do I install and use formmail?

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How do I install and use formmail?

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FormMail.cgi is a generic www form to email gateway. It will parse the results of any form you create with HTML and send them to the specified user. FormMail.cgi is a Perl script and it has many formatting and operational options, most of which can be specified through the form, meaning you don’t need any programming knowledge or multiple scripts for multiple forms. To user FormMail.cgi on your site, follow these steps: * Create your form using HTML * Change the post action to:

OR the place you uploaded FormMail. Example:

You now need to edit your form so that it can execute the script. You do this by editing the “form action” statement in the form to point to the path where FormMail.cgi resides. Your need to edit the “form action” statement to read:

as shown on the following screenshot. Also make sure that the method is “post.” You now need to tell FormMail.cgi where to se

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