Formmail Script Failing?

[kjarrett]

Hi all. Hope someone can help. Have been using this formmail variant for years.

 

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Here's the calling page: http://www.ncs-tech.org/request-master.htm

 

Has worked great but all of a sudden I'm having issues. The form appears to be processing only some of the time. I've tried creating another version of the Perl script and HTML form, with proper referrers and all, but it's not working.

 

I don't understand ... this was all good last week and I've not changed anything since.

 

I see several threads here about better formmail solutions, particularly Ultimate Form Mail, and I think I will investigate those, but I'm in a bind here and need to know if I can fix this script easily.

 

Is there some sort of delay in mail processing I don't know about? If I send mail to the address used in the form, it arrives instantly.

 

Any input is appreciated!

 

Thanks, kj

[TCH-JimE]

Hello KJ,

 

Formmail, and all its variants are banned from being used here at TCH, because of security and spam problems. Can you please remove the formmail script ASAP.

 

I suggest have a look at the Ultimate Form Mail

 

JimE

[kjarrett]

Hello KJ,

 

Formmail, and all its variants are banned from being used here at TCH, because of security and spam problems. Can you please remove the formmail script ASAP.

 

I suggest have a look at the Ultimate Form Mail

 

JimE

 

Wonderful. Thanks. Will do. Guess I missed the announcement?

[TCH-JimE]

Hello KJ,

 

Always handy to have it referenced - Form Mail & CGI Email Removal Annoucement

 

There are many good alternatives out there, so if you get stuck,just ask!

 

JimE

[abinidi]

A free alternative is Dodo's Mail. It is a script that I use on one of my sites, and I like it quite a bit. Version 2.1 has been secured from header injection. You can get more informaiton on it here:

 

http://regretless.com/scripts/scripts.php#dodosmail