Posting FORMS using DREAMWEAVER and CGIMAIL.EXE 1

[NetDog]

I have a client that wants visitors to fill out a loan app online. Never done this before. I read about CGI's, et al, then find this cool program CGIMAIL.EXE to do the work for me (I am anything BUT a programmer) but I have issues. I don't know if it's Dreamweaver, CuteFTP, my ISP or CGIMAIL that's givin' me the headaches.

Here's an EMAIL I have sent to CGIMAIL's Tech support AND my ISP----------------------------------------------------

When I install the program (CGIMAIL.EXE), link it to an action, then try to run it locally (using Dreamweaver and hitting F12 to view the page in a browser) then hit SUBMIT it asks me if I want to download it or run it from location REGARDLESS if it's GET, POST, or DEFAULT. If I upload it to my site (using CuteFTP) and try to go to it on the internet (

http://www.networkdogsinc.com/apply.htm),

I get a 405 error when hitting SUBMIT. If I try to change the CHMOD settings to 777 (Read, Write, Execute permissions for OWNER, GROUP, and PUBLIC) I get this:

cgimail.exe]
COMMAND:> SITE CHMOD 777 cgimail.exe
500 'SITE CHMOD 777 cgimail.exe': command not understood



In a previous email it was suggested that I link the site to a HTTPS. I don't know what that is ( I imagine the S is for SECURE) or how to create/link one.


My INI file for CGIMAIL.EXE:

smtp 123.456.789.123(or should this read MAIL.NETWORKDOGSINC.COM)
logging errors
sendall false
success_html_page /gotcha.html
failure_html_page /gotcha.html

headerline To: &quot;Ken&quot; <KLanious@networkdogsinc.com>
headerline From: &quot;Test Subject&quot; <KLanious@networkdogsinc.com>
headerline Subject: Form Submission Data
use_submitted_variable_for_headerline Status:
bodycontent_line Here are the details that they submitted:
use_submitted_variable_for_bodycontent Name:
use_submitted_variable_for_bodycontent Email:
use_submitted_variable_for_bodycontent Interests:


This is where I'm at. I'm trying to contact my ISP to see if there are security settings I'm unaware of that could be hindering this.

Sorry this is sooooo long, but this is the extent of where I'm at.

 

[Javrix]

Man, talk about a headache. I don't like cgi just for the headache factor alone. For this I would recommend you use asp. Why? It's just a few forms away my friend.

But I'm not sure if I get it. Your boss wants them to fill out a loan app online, but then he wants the app e-mailed to him? If that's the case, totally forget cgi, there's a much easier solution.

If he wants the online app to save in a database, I would recommend an access database. No raw programming required. And as for the .asp page you would have to make, it would be about 5 lines and the user would never see it. Let me know, I could really help you out here.
~Javrix

If you gave an infinate number of rednecks, an infinate number of shotguns to shoot at an infinate number of street signs, they would eventually write Romeo and Juliet in braille.

 

[NetDog]

WOO HOOO!!

OK, good. I'll forget about CGI.

One other way that I've tried is &quot;mailto:klanious@networkdogsinc.com&quot; in the action field BUT the problem with that is the &quot;Message you are about to send isn't secure etc etc&quot; box that pops up. THE LAST thing someone who is submitting a loan application wants to see.

And yes, the loan info that they fill out online is going to get mailed to a loan officer who will process it. I'm just in the test phase right now (hence, me filling out a BS form I put on my site, and having it emailed to me).


NetDog