to get the form data you can just use CGI's param('key') command
use CGI;
$cgi = CGI;
$value = $cgi->param('key');
as for Mail, there are lots of options. I've been partial towards
MIME::Lite, but I know others will give you more example. Look into the
Net package (Net::Mail perhaps?)
-Akshay
Customer Service wrote:
>
> Thanks a bunch for everyone’s input; I didn’t have to wait long at all
> to receive an answer from all of you knowledgeable people. A few questions:
> What smtp server software would you recommend I use to send email to
> myself (localhost)? I have win98se, apache, activestate_perl.
> And, How do I use CGI.pm to parse a form’s output? Do I just do:
>
> #!c:/perl/bin/perl –w
>
> use CGI.pm
>
> # Then something like
>
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
> print header;
> foreach $key (sort keys(%formdata)) {
> print "<P>The field named<B>$key</B>
> contained <B>$formdata{$key}</B>";
> }
>
> ##### Does anyone have a nicely customizable form validation script I can
> use instead of “reinventing” one?
>
> Also, it seems that there are a number of programmers on this list who feel
> passionate about validating scripts server-side. Since I do my validation
> using javascript, then send it to the server so that “formmail.pl” can chew
> on it. The example below has been modified to run on my machine for testing
> purposes. Normally, it is on the remote host.
> ######
> <form onSubmit = "return submitIt (this)" action =
> "http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/form_parse.pl"; name = "cattlemancustomForm">
> <input
> type="hidden" name="recipient" value="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
> <input
> type="hidden" name="subject" value="Cattleman form submittal">
> <input
> type="hidden" name="title" value="Info">
> #######
>
> So, if I use a server-side validation script, how do keep my email addr
> hidden from clients, (refer to above example?
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan @ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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