formail help?

[burn]

Do these work as a .txt file? If not how do I save them as the original format they came in?

[pr0]

Make sure to take off all the anti-spam features of formmail.pl, then post your url for people to test on AWI.

[burn]

That doesn't answer my question

[Amputate Your Head]

Originally posted by burn:
Do these work as a .txt file? If not how do I save them as the original format they came in?

I'm assuming you're talking about the FormMail proggy from Matt's Script Archive... in which case, no. It's a Perl script. Why would you think it would work as a text file?

[burn]

Cause I don't know shit about them. So can U save these things as a .pl file in a text editor?

[Amputate Your Head]

Originally posted by burn:
So can U save these things as a .pl file in a text editor?

Yes.... but before you do that, lemme ask, are you trying to set the script up? Just saving the originals.... or what are you doing.....?

[burn]

No I made some changed to it

[Amputate Your Head]

Originally posted by burn:
No I made some changed to it

So, just make a copy of the file and save it somewhere else... you can save it as a text file if you want, but if you ever need to use it again, just change the extension back to .pl and you'll be fine... it's not really a complicated file.... well, it is, but it's basically just a text file... the extension is only important for its use. But, of course, you can just save the copy as a .pl file to begin with in a different folder and associate it with notepad for opening and reading....

[burn]

Do I need to change a line in the script so it will send it to my email address?

[pr0]

holy god man, theres an entire internet out there with all this information right at your fingertips. Get a fucking clue...

[Amputate Your Head]

Originally posted by burn:
Do I need to change a line in the script so it will send it to my email address?

So you ARE trying to set it up. Didn't I just ask you that?

[burn]

I thought I had it set up, I changed the mailprog and the @refereres, and I was about to upload it to my cgi-bin and I thought how is this going to get submitted to my email.

[Amputate Your Head]

RTFD.

It's all there. In plain English.

But it basically boils down to this:
Change the variables in the script... referers and whatnot.
Make sure your path to Perl and the path to your sendmail prog is correct or it will not work.
Upload to the cgi-bin in binary and chmod to 755.
Put a form in your page with the action pointing to the script, and there is one other variable you need in the html, which is your addy that you want to recieve the form at.... any other fields are optional, but useful.

Good luck, have fun, & don't hurt yourself.

[burn]

done all that, but how does it know to send it to a certain email address?

[burn]

this sucks I saved the file as a .pl but it puts on a .txt after that how the fuck do I save it as a .pl file?

[burn]

nevermind fuck it

[Amputate Your Head]

Originally posted by burn:
done all that, but how does it know to send it to a certain email address?

You need the hidden field in your html page with the addy!!!!

[pr0]

set up your options in windows to show you the full filename extension.

Its saving it as .pl.txt cuz windows sux a fat c0ck

[Amputate Your Head]

Originally posted by burn:
this sucks I saved the file as a .pl but it puts on a .txt after that how the fuck do I save it as a .pl file?

Stop saving it as a TEXT file!!! In your drop down box (when you are saving it) don't pick type = text.... pick "All Files", give a .pl extension and save it. If that doesn't work, save it as a txt file, then rename it afterwards to .pl. Did you just get your computer this morning or something?

[pr0]

im pretty sure he did get it last night..he's got atleast 12 hours online, he's posting here.

[cgiGeek]

I can install it, modify it, template based it, and teach it to seat and play dead for 25 US.


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