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Re: [cobalt-users] Newbie Question- New Server -Form to Email Problem



Thanks....
That sounds fine, but how would I go about that?

Sorry...newbie here.

----- Original Message -----
From: LightSpeedServers.Net <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Newbie Question- New Server -Form to Email
Problem


> This isnt an answer to your question, but if you are afraid of granting
> cgi-bin access to your customers, why not consider creating a server wide
> cgi-bin with the common programs such as formmail.pl.  That way you
control
> the bin, but the customers are able to use the most common programs.  If
> your customers require special programs you can also install them to
insure
> that they do not do anything strange.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Ambrose" <jambrose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 1:33 PM
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Newbie Question- New Server -Form to Email Problem
>
>
> > ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!  I've been reading and reading and
can't
> > find an answer.
> >
> > I just got my RaQ3 last week and I used the following HTML below on one
of
> > my pages.
> >
> > Why don't my forms process?  Isn't sendmail "server-wide".  I need to be
> > able to use this for people with or without FP extensions.  Some people
> use
> > javascript order forms and they need to have a form to email script that
> > will work.  I also do not want a cgi bin in my virtual sites. (I don't
> want
> > to take a chance of my hosting customers doing something crazy)  This is
> why
> > I asked about sendmail being server wide.  Isn't it supposed to work
like
> > formmail?
> >
> > <FORM ACTION="/usr/sbin/sendmail" METHOD="POST"
> > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="required" VALUE="">
> > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="recipient" VALUE="jambrose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx">
> > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="redirect"
> VALUE="http://www.theambrosegroup.com";>
> > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="realname" VALUE="Automatic Form Mailer">
> > <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="subject" VALUE="TestForm">
> >
> > Is there some sort of setup that wasn't completed by the people who set
> this
> > up for me????
> >
> > Sorry if this is a stupid request, but I really am a newbie...but I try
to
> > learn fast.
> >
> > jambrose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
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