Form Mail and Windows

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Stephen,

Do you mind helping me get a FormMail.pl going on a Window Server to work. I have all files in place but its not letting me permission .pl in the cgi-bin, and does not send to the correct E-mail when Send is submitted. I am new to window servers and I just got a client that has a form on his account.

Thanks so Much,
James :wink:

2

No permissions to set on windows perl scripts, is it in the /cgi-bin folder, and is the pl extension enabled in the web settings?

3

Yes, I have placed the .pl in the cgi-bin, and the extension is added to the CGI in the websettings. For some reason its still not working.

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No permissions to set on windows perl scripts, is it in the /cgi-bin folder, and is the pl extension enabled in the web settings?
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4

domain?

PM me if desired.

5

That formmail doesn’t work on windows, down at the bottom some people have created some written for windows, but I would just recommend going with a php or CF formmail, since you have those options available.

Matt's Script Archive: FormMail

Look down at the bottom for the statement that their are other(paid) versions for windows.

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I dont have to use that formmail.pl, i just took that form off one of my other websites that is on a Unix Server, thinking it would work. Is there another .pl you can recommend that will work on windows.

I can’t tell what his previous hosting provider was using for his forms, I just know it was a .pl

Thanks,
James :wink:

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This is a drop in replacement for the one you have now,
http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/scripts.shtml

AS for configuring:

                  If your web server lacks a sendmail binary, you can
                  use an SMTP relay instead, by setting $mailprog like
                  this:

                    $mailprog = 'SMTP:mailhost.your.domain';

                  You will need to replace mailhost.your.domain with
                  the name or IP address of an SMTP server configured
                  to relay mail for the web server.

Is the method to use, put 127.0.0.1 as the SMTP server, since this does not provide authentication you can’t use mail.domain.com