How to make a form send email FROM the user?

[Joe]

I have a simple form for folks to subscribe to my newsgroup. They enter their email address in the form then click "submit". What I want to happen is for the newsgroup to receive an email with the entered email address as the "from" or "reply to" address (I'm using Yahoo! groups for my newsgroup - this is for a cub scout pack so it's all very low rent!). I've got the form configured correctly to send the mail to the newsgroup, but instead of putting the users email address (from the form) in the "from" address, the from address is the email address of the default user at my domain ([email protected]). Is it possible to do what I want? If so, how?

Thanks in advance,

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Not possible when using the FP Form Handler. You would have to use custom server-side script written
in CGI-Perl. PHP, ASP, etc. depending on what is supported by your host.

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I have a simple form for folks to subscribe to my newsgroup. They enter their email address in

the form then click "submit". What I want to happen is for the newsgroup to receive an email with
the entered email address as the "from" or "reply to" address (I'm using Yahoo! groups for my
newsgroup - this is for a cub scout pack so it's all very low rent!). I've got the form configured
correctly to send the mail to the newsgroup, but instead of putting the users email address (from
the form) in the "from" address, the from address is the email address of the default user at my
domain ([email protected]). Is it possible to do what I want? If so, how?

 

[JoeCool]

Thanks for the fast reply, Thomas. Turns out my host does support all of those formats. Any suggestions for where I can perhaps find a canned script that will do this for me, or a guide on how to write said script? FYI, I know perl, but I'm a complete newbie to anything related to the internet!

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

I don't know of any canned scripts.

If using ASP, then you have to know what ASP mail component is installed, then you can usually find
help at the site of the component author on how to code a page to send email.

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Thanks for the fast reply, Thomas. Turns out my host does support all of those formats. Any

suggestions for where I can perhaps find a canned script that will do this for me, or a guide on how
to write said script? FYI, I know perl, but I'm a complete newbie to anything related to the
internet!