Soupermail And Config Files

[ggscheidle]

Hi Guys: I'm pleased to announce it's been a long time since I've needed help, but I found myself in a bind.

 

I've created a pretty simple form called form.hml as well as a config file for it named formconfig.txt. Both the form and the config file I have placed in the root directory. I'm using soupermail (which I've used before) but everytime I fill out a test form and submit it, I get an error saying that it was unable to find or read the config file. Soupermail.pl is in my cgi-bin directory and I have done a chmod 755 on that file as well as the config file. Is MIME already installed or do I need to install that too? Below I've listed the items that needed to be changed and what I changed them to. Can you eyeball something that's incorrect?

 

In the form itself:

<form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/soupermail.pl">

<input type="submit" value="Send Assigment" name="B1">

<input type="hidden" name="SoupermailConf" value="/home/integra5/html/formconfig.txt"> (I've also had this value set to just value="formconfig.txt" as well<input type="reset" value="Clear Form" name="B2">

 

In the config file:

mailto:rj@integraappraisers.com

subject:appraisal assignment

 

In the soupermail.pl file:

$soupermailAdmin = 'rj@integraappraisers.com';

$serverRoot = '/home/integra5/html';

$privateRoot = '';

$mailhost = '';

$mailprog = '/usr/sbin/sendmail';

[TCH-Bruce]

Just moving to proper forum.

[TCH-Don]

try putting the config file in a folder named formconfig,

then it would be

[ggscheidle]

I just tried your suggestion and unfortunatley I'm getting the same message.

[TCH-Don]

have you gone through their online manual?

http://soupermail.sourceforge.net/manual.html

 

I am not much help with pearl,

I prefer one of the many free php form scripts out there.

[ggscheidle]

Thanks Don - that was the first thing I tried. I'll keep pluggin away...............

[borfast]

I've never used that script but from the code you posted, the problem appears to be on the path you're passing to the script:

 

<input type="hidden" name="SoupermailConf" value="/home/integra5/html/formconfig.txt">

 

should probably be

 

<input type="hidden" name="SoupermailConf" value="/home/integra5/public_html/formconfig.txt">

[TCH-Don]

By their on line manual

The path to the configuration file must be relative to the web server's root directory. Do not use URLs or absolute paths to the configuration file.

 

so

is what they recommend.

[ggscheidle]

OK - I'm giving up on soupermail. It's just frustrating as I have used this script before and it's currently working on a huge form I've created at my workplace.

 

Can you suggest a script that I can use for a simple form where the forms contents are able to be sent to an email address instead of a database?

[borfast]

Try Jack's Ultimate Form Mail:

http://surefirewebdesign.com/scripts/

Edited April 19, 2004 by TCH-Raul

[ggscheidle]

Thanks for the info.

 

I am also happy to announce that I did get the soupermail script after many frustrating tries. Believe it or not, the path to sendmail was not as it was stated that it should be.

 

Thanks for eveyone's help

Gina

[TCH-Don]

Glad you have it working

 

 

What was the path for sendmail that you used?

$mailprog = '/usr/sbin/sendmail';

[mdedens]

Actually I was having the same problem...

 

this is the correct path to sendmail:

 

/usr/lib/sendmail

 

 

Also, for some reason when I put my html file with the form and my config file in my root directory I get an error that it cannot be explicitly read. Did you ever have this problem?

 

As soon as I create a new folder and put both the html and form file there, it works great. But I can't do that as my index page needs to be in the root dir.

 

WIERD!!!

 

Thanks for any help!