smtp errors for a form

jank

Right im trying to set up a form that will forward contents on a email address

I have tried 2 different php scripts ive found on the net one being nvform and the other phrom (im sure some out there are familiar with these

anyway i got the following error when i tired both scripts

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 451 See http://pobox.com/~djb/docs/smtplf.html. in file/path/phormjr.php3 on line 226

so im guesing its a server issue?
im with host365 and they dont seem to have issue about this so what can I do?

Are the scripts im using wrong

mneylon

Why are you using smtp?
You shouldn't have to use smtp in a php script unless you have a particular reason.

jank

I dont really care if im using smtp or not, I just want to get a script working

SMTP just comes up with the error message
Maybe its the fact that im using php as opposed to asp or perl is the problem!?

mneylon

Just make sure you read the documentation that comes with the script you are using. If you are getting an SMTP error that would suggest that it is trying to use SMTP to send the email.

The Muppet

Use formmail.pl you'll find it here . Its easy to set up even I could do it. Its a cgi Script btw and not php.

mneylon

Originally posted by The Muppet
Use formmail.pl you'll find it here . Its easy to set up even I could do it. Its a cgi Script btw and not php.

Form mail is evil.
Don't use it.

steve-hosting36

Latest formail is good.

Use freely.

;p

dredg

Originally posted by steve-hosting36
Latest formail is good.

Use freely.

;p

Yeah. Sure.

# @referers allows forms to be located only on servers which are defined     #
# in this field.  This security fix from the last version which allowed      #
# anyone on any server to use your FormMail script on their web site.        #

@referers = ('scriptarchive.com','209.196.21.3');

This is checked in a perl function later in the script:

    if ($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}) {
        foreach $referer (@referers) {
            if ($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} =~ m|https?://([^/]*)$referer|i) {
                $check_referer = 1;

Net result: it checks that the HTTP REFERER matches one of the values given in @referer. How feeble. It's pathetically easy to forge a referer. Check your http logfiles for a referer of 'steve.hasnt.got.a.clue.org'.

Please don't reccomend that people use this script. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

jank

Yea cheers but I need it to work on a windows platform

Any others?

mneylon

Depending on your provider you should have access to:
asp
asp.net
perl
php
frontpage extensions

and maybe more on Windows. Take a wander over to http://www.hotscripts.com/ and see what you can find.

steve-hosting36

Our hosting management system deploys a nice, secure formmail for customers via an automated wizard, its never given us a problem. I'm certainly not going to get into a 'contest' with representatives of other hosting companies about who has a clue or not.

Stephen

dredg

Originally posted by steve-hosting36
Our hosting management system deploys a nice, secure formmail for customers via an automated wizard, its never given us a problem. I'm certainly not going to get into a 'contest' with representatives of other hosting companies about who has a clue or not.

Stephen

That was not my intention
My point was (and still is) that formmail.pl is a ridiculously insecure script and any security that has been put into it is feeble at best. The script cannot be trusted and is easily exploited.
Maybe your version of formmail.pl *is* secure. If it is an unmodified version of the one linked to on scriptarchive, then I doubt that very much. If it has been modified, I would very much like to review and audit it

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