Personally I'm not much of an expert on such matters but on my own web site I use a PHP form provided by my web host that works quite well. David Ferrin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Kruger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Program-l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 8:26 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Simple web email form
> Hi there. > > This is sort of related to web development, even if it's more of a bit of > built-in functionality related to web browsers. > > Either way, a friend of mine who has his own website has a form on there > which is basically submitted via e-mail. Basically, the action of the form > is a mailto: including his email address and the ?subject=... thing, so it > is basically supposed to build an email automatically using the form > content/components. > > When I test it on my machine which is running Windows XP pro, and IE7, it > works fine even though there are two sort of popup dialogues asking if I > want to carry out the possibly 'insecure' operation. Basically, first IE > asks me, and then Outlook Express also asks if I want to send it. If I say > yes to both of them, the message ends up in my outbox until I do my next > send/receive. > > Anyway, the specific problem is that on two machines running Vista, the mail > never seems to be sent, and there don't really seem to be any prompts > popping up either. > > Do any of you guys know if this is a setting that needs to be changed or > something like a prompt in the status bar that needs to be checked out - or > even something like the file download/install prompt that you normally hear, > and then access using Alt + N? > > Alternatively, I've sort of offered to help him redo the form functionality > using something like PHP etc., but obviously, it would be better to > initially get it working the way it is at the moment. > > FWIW, that webpage is at: > http://www.kallieswanepoel.co.za/appointment.htm > > Thanks in advance > > Jacob Kruger > Blind Biker > Skype: BlindZA > '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
