look of form on return by e-mail

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I am running FP2002 and have a form in my web that has the
return set to come back by e-mail. Some of the forms are
returning looking like the form itself. Others are coming
back as a plain email with each field on a line. I would
like all the returned forms to look like the form that is
being filled in. Is there a secret or magic trick that
needs to be done in order to have this happen?
Also the forms that come back as a plain e-mail looks like
it is coming (the from: line)me, it has my name on it,
even though it is not my e-mail that receives it???? What
is this all about?
 
J

Jim Buyens

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I am running FP2002 and have a form in my web that has
the return set to come back by e-mail. Some of the forms
are returning looking like the form itself. Others are
coming back as a plain email with each field on a line.
I would like all the returned forms to look like the form
that is being filled in. Is there a secret or magic
trick that needs to be done in order to have this happen?
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This is dependent on the type and content of the fields on
your form. FrontPage doen't provide many formatting
options. To fiew the options that *are* available:

1. Right-click the form.
2. Choose Form Properties.
3. Click the Options button.
4. Click the E-Mail Results tab.
5. Open the E-Mail Format list box.

Perhaps you can match the settings on the forms you don't
like to the settings on the form you like.
Also the forms that come back as a plain e-mail looks
like it is coming (the from: line)me, it has my name on
it, even though it is not my e-mail that receives it????
What is this all about?
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Right. All form mail comes from whatever account you
configured in the FrontPage Server Extensions.

If you want, you can set the Reply-To address to be that
of the person who submitted the form. To do this:

1. Display the E-Mail Results tab as above.
2. In the Reply-To Line box, type the name of the form
field where the visitor enters an address.
3. Make sure the Form Field Name checkbox is selected.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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R

Rick Budde

Is this a site which you developed in its entirety or
have you picked it up?

The reason I ask this question is: the Front Page Forms
web component ONLY sends email in the format you don't
care for (me neither too). The form(s) that come back
looking like the form the visitor filled out may be being
handled by some other form handler (on your web service
provider's server) than the Front Page Extensions which
are required for Front Page Forms.

As to the email address, if you want the email address of
the person submitting the form, you must provide a field
on the form in which they enter this address. The Front
Page forms handler will use the address of the server
that sends out the email.
 
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