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  • 19-05-2010 11:01PM
    #1
    Joebits
    Closed Accounts Posts: 314 ✭✭


    Is it possible to Have a Form with action mailto NOT open a default email program like outlook?

    I want someone to Fill a Form, e.g.

    Name:     [ Joe ]
    Enquiry: [ Hey I would like to buy your product ]

    then this get emailed to me [user@hotmail.com] straight away after user clicking submit. How do you do this? Please Help..


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  • #2
    Pixelcraft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭Pixelcraft


    you need a server side script to achieve this. A common one would be 'formMail' if you do a search you should find plenty of options


  • #3
    daymobrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,651 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    I use TecTite FormMail. It is powerful and consequently can be tough to set up.


  • #4
    jebuz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,771 ✭✭✭jebuz


    It's actually quite simple to do using PHP if your host supports it.

    On my website I made a call to the PHP mail() function using Ajax from my browser which is probably safer than passing the parameters through a URL to send the email.

    Here is some sample code, mess around with it and see what you can do.

    [PHP]$success = mail ("sendaddress@email.com" , "Subject Text", "Message Body", "fromaddress@email.com");[/PHP]


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