Peter Cline wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if it is possible to send cgi parameters from an email
> message to a cgi script?
>
> I have created an HTML email (only to be used internally with mail clients
> that are known to support it) that is basically an html form. The action
> of this form gives the fully-qualified URL of a cgi script. When
> submitting the form from the email, the script loads its output properly,
> but the update it was supposed to do (update of underlying db table) never
> happens. However, if I send the exact same form to the browser, the script
> updates the database properly. Does any one have any experience with this
> kind of thing? Is it evne possible to do?
you'll have to configure procmail or put a .forward in the $HOME
directory of the intendend receipent to run the script when the email is
received.
a good module for working with email is available here:
http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Mail-Audit
