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Sending e-mail with FormMail

FormMail is a free script that lets you send the results of a website form submission to any e-mail address.

FormMail for Windows Server

FormMail for Windows Server is a third-party script provided by BrainJar.com. For full documentation, including a complete list of "hidden" input fields (see below), read the FormMail documentation at the BrainJar.com website. Korax can't otherwise provide support for this script.
  1. Install the script using AMS Control Panel.
  2. Create a web page with a form that will collect the information from your website visitors that you want e-mailed to you. The form tag's action attribute is set to the location of the FormMail script.
    <form action="/scripts/FormMail.asp" method="POST">
  3. Within the body of the form, use "hidden" input fields to control the behaviour of the script. The only required input field is named "_recipients". Its value is one or more e-mail addresses to which you want the form submission results e-mailed. Separate multiple e-mail addresses with a comma. For a complete list of optional "hidden" input fields, read the FormMail documentation.
    <input name="_recipients" type="hidden" value="mike@example.com">

FormMail for Unix

FormMail for Unix is provided by Matt's Script Archive. For full documentation, including a complete list of "hidden" input fields (see below), read the FormMail documentation provided by Matt's Script Archive. Korax can't otherwise provide support for this script.
  1. Install the script using AMS Control Panel.
  2. Create a web page with a form that will collect the information from your website visitors that you want e-mailed to you. The form tag's action attribute is set to the location of the FormMail script.
    <form action="/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl" method="POST">
  3. Within the body of the form, use "hidden" input fields to control the behaviour of the script. The only required input field is named "recipient". Its value is one or more e-mail addresses to which you want the form submission results e-mailed. Separate multiple e-mail addresses with a comma. For a complete list of optional "hidden" input fields, read the FormMail documentation.
    <input name="recipient" type="hidden" value="mike@example.com">