[cobalt-users] mail script

["David" <dew@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I don't know about this Jon but I would like the script.  I have a raq3.  Do
you recommend
a particular directory to put the script so any domain I create can access
the script as a "preinstalled script?"

Thanks,
David

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lumir G Janku" <lgjanku@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] RE: RE:How can I rename my Raq 4i from "nobody"?
Help from anyone other than Dan?


> Jon,
>
> You are being moronic here. The from field can be changed in a script that
> parses your form. That's why Dan suggested fommail.cgi.
> At least look at the script so you can get a clue how that is done. There
> is a small perl library called mail-lib.pl that has a simple syntax for
> email handling.
> If you wish, I can send you that. You can use it in any perl script, works
> like a charm.
>
>
> > >> Or maybe there is something I can add to the form, a hidden value
> > >> maybe that
> > >> will overide this?  I know on my last server, an NT server the
> > >> emailed forms
> > >> came from IUSR_NTxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and those were easy to identify
by
> > >> customers as returned forms.
> > >>
> > >Most forms have an "email" field so the sender becomes whoever filled
in
> >the
> > >form. http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/ for Matt Wright's FormMail.
> > >--
> > >Dan Kriwitsky
> >
> >Of course the form has an email field Dan.  This is a question about
Cobalt
> >Raq's and how to Identify the script/program that writes the
virtusertable
> >which sends out all the forms from "nobody".  Thanks anyways for trying
Dan.
> >
> >I will ask the question again for anyone else who may understand about
the
> >virtusertable and what script or program writes the virtusertable. Surely
> >there are others out there who do not wish to get email forms from
"nobody"
> >Or the company that setup my Raq just didn't know how to do it and I'm
the
> >only one?
> >
> >**********
> >
> >Any web page form sent from the server comes from "nobody".  I opened
> >/etc/mail/virtusertable and it lists for every website I am hosting the
> >following:
> >
> >sys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx           sys
> >root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx          root
> >postamaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx   postmaster
> >nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx        nobody
> >
> >So anytime a webpage form is submitted and sent via email it comes from
> >"nobody"  I would like to find where i can edit the script/program that
> >makes/writes to the virtusertable so "nobody" becomes "web_user" or
> >something similar.
> >This is not a FrontPage issue.  It does the same with non-FrontPage
forms.
> >Or maybe there is something I can add to the form, a hidden value maybe
that
> >will overide this?  I know on my last server, an NT server the emailed
forms
> >came from IUSR_NTxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (which is the server name)and those
> >were easy to identify by customers as returned forms.
> >
> >*****************
> >
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> >Jon
> >
> >
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