Cannot get "From" data into email sent by FP2003 form submission

V

vinceg

Tried it 2 ways:
Used a Form Field for the From Address, and then tried keyin a static email
address in the ReplyTo/From field.

Either way, I get a generic address that appears to be generated by the
eMail server at my ISP.

Everything else is OK - all fields are included, all values submitted and
the Subject line.

This is a problem with several client sites.

Any help is much appreciated.
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

This is how the FP Form Handler works, the email from a form is sent by the web site, not the user
completing the form. To avoid this you would have use a custom server-side scripted Form Handler.

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V

vinceg

Thanks for the quick response, but if what you say is the case, what is the
point of putting all that into the FP form handler in the first place? The
Help file under this topic, contains the following....

"Then do one or more of the following:
In the E-mail format list, click the text format you want.
To specify the subject line of the e-mail message, under E-mail message
header in the Subject line box, type the text that you want. If you leave
this box blank, the default subject line in the e-mail will be "Form
Results."
If you want the subject line of the e-mail message to contain the results of
one field from your form, next to Subject line select the Form field name,
check box, and then type the name of the field in the Subject line box.
If you want a specific e-mail address to appear as the sender of the e-mail
message (the From or Reply To line in the e-mail), type that address in the
Reply-to line box.
If your form contains a field that collects the site visitor's e-mail
address, you can use that address as the sender's address. Next to Reply-to
line, select the Form field name, check box, and then in the Reply-to line
box, type the name of the form field."

Is this a bug in FP, or is there something else that I have ti do in setting
up the form?

Thanks.....
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

Not a part of FP
The mail is always sent by your server

If you use the Reply-to field w/ the users Email address when you get the Email (from the server) and click Reply-to in you mail
program, it will show you the users Email address

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| Thanks for the quick response, but if what you say is the case, what is the
| point of putting all that into the FP form handler in the first place? The
| Help file under this topic, contains the following....
|
| "Then do one or more of the following:
| In the E-mail format list, click the text format you want.
| To specify the subject line of the e-mail message, under E-mail message
| header in the Subject line box, type the text that you want. If you leave
| this box blank, the default subject line in the e-mail will be "Form
| Results."
| If you want the subject line of the e-mail message to contain the results of
| one field from your form, next to Subject line select the Form field name,
| check box, and then type the name of the field in the Subject line box.
| If you want a specific e-mail address to appear as the sender of the e-mail
| message (the From or Reply To line in the e-mail), type that address in the
| Reply-to line box.
| If your form contains a field that collects the site visitor's e-mail
| address, you can use that address as the sender's address. Next to Reply-to
| line, select the Form field name, check box, and then in the Reply-to line
| box, type the name of the form field."
|
| Is this a bug in FP, or is there something else that I have ti do in setting
| up the form?
|
| Thanks.....
|
| --
| vinceg
|
|
| "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
|
| > This is how the FP Form Handler works, the email from a form is sent by the web site, not the user
| > completing the form. To avoid this you would have use a custom server-side scripted Form Handler.
| >
| > --
| > ==============================================
| > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > ==============================================
| > If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
| > a Service Pack or security update, please contact
| > Microsoft Product Support Services:
| > http://support.microsoft.com
| > If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
| > security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
| > ==============================================
| >
| > | > > Tried it 2 ways:
| > > Used a Form Field for the From Address, and then tried keyin a static email
| > > address in the ReplyTo/From field.
| > >
| > > Either way, I get a generic address that appears to be generated by the
| > > eMail server at my ISP.
| > >
| > > Everything else is OK - all fields are included, all values submitted and
| > > the Subject line.
| > >
| > > This is a problem with several client sites.
| > >
| > > Any help is much appreciated.
| > > --
| > > vinceg
| >
| >
| >
 
R

Ronx

It is a bug in FrontPage Help.
"... (the From or Reply To line in the e-mail), ..."
should read:
"... (the Reply To line in the e-mail), ..."
When you read the email, and click Reply, the Reply To email address will be
the user's.
 
V

vinceg

Thanks....
This seems to be something that others who use email form handlers would
want to work as advertised. Is there any place to look for alternatives?
 
V

vinceg

Never had to get into the code before, but there's always a first time.
Thanks for the help.
 

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