i believe the "from" field has to be an email address
----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 7:14 AM Subject: RE: using cfset in the application template > > I'm trying to set a site wide email address to be used on all > > the forms of this site. This is an email address that can be > > updatable so i am trying to set it in the application.cfm > > template. Of course I have a page that the admin can change > > the email in the db. Then I want to add the set variable on > > all the forms "to" fields in the emails. k, im sure you understand. > > > > so in the application.cfm if have my recordset: > > <cfquery name="Memail" datasource="mydb"> > > SELECT * > > FROM email > > </cfquery> > > > > then i do my set on the application.cfm page: > > <cfset mainEmail=#Memail.email#> > > > > then I have the email code: > > <cfmail to="mainEmail" > > from= "#trim(form.name)#" > > subject="Contact Form"> > > > > but its not working. Am I doing the cfset wrong in the > > application.cfm? > > Apart from you not needint the #'s inside the CFSET > > Are you running on Linux? If so, Application.cfm must be named with the > capital A - Linux is very case sensitive > > Also, you need to have #'s around the mainEmail in the CFMAIL, otherwise > it's sending it to the email address "mainEmail", which isn't an email > so it'll be moved to the Undelivr folder... > > Hope that helps > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
