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Im having output from a form emailed to me, but its all binary data. Whats wrong?

April 26, 2017binary Data emailed form output wrong

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Im having output from a form emailed to me, but its all binary data. Whats wrong?

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It’s probably not binary — just ordinary form output, which is all text, ampersand-delimited, URL-encoded, variable-value pairs. Your form is probably being processed by a “mailto” URL instead of a real CGI program, and that’s not a satisfactory alternative.