Form Email Help

[rjsweb]

Can someone help me with this form please. I was using the form email help page on the hostgator.com site but it hasnt worked for me. I just want emailed results from filled out forms. Here is my code:

<form name="contactform" action="http://www.rjswebdesign.com/cgi-sys/formmail.pl" method="post">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="height:100%;">
<tr><td height="38" valign="top" style="padding:5px 0px 0px 1px;"><div align="center"><img src="images/title_5_2.gif" alt="" style="margin:0px 0px 19px 0px; "></div></td>
</tr>
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="<A href="mailto:ryan@rjswebdesign.com"></td></tr">ryan@rjswebdesign.com"></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="subjet" value="Form Email"></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="client" value="Name: "></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="email" value="Email: "></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="phone" value="Phone: "></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="fax" value="Fax: "></td></tr>
<tr><td><textarea rows="3" cols="3" name="comments">Comments: </textarea></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6px 0px 0px 0px; " height="100%" align="right">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100" align="right">
<tr>
<td><a href="javascript:document.contactform.reset();">Re set</a></td>
<td><a href="javascript:document.contactform.submit();">S ubmit</a>
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="<A href="http://rjswebdesign.com/redirecto.html"></td">http://rjswebdesign.com/redirecto.html"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr>
</table>
</form>

[TeeJa]

First thing is this line:
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="<A href="mailto:ryan@rjswebdesign.com">

Try:
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="ryan@rjswebdesign.com">

As a follow up, I would start to learn a little PHP, and get a more secure form. Not to secure of a Emailer on a web site.

Also, I see many html form mistakes which will make that form usless.... If you do any editing, use notepad or straight text editor program, you must be using something that is inserting bad code.

[Serra]

First thing is this line:
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="<A href="mailto:ryan@rjswebdesign.com">

Try:
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="ryan@rjswebdesign.com">

I know a really great trick for this. What you do is you put people you hate's email addresses into forms like this on your website. Like the address above. Then when the spam scanners find it, they will send tons and tons of spam to the addresses that they find in open text like the one above.

It is really great. An email in open text like that will be picked up in about a week by the spammers, then they will start mailing all kinds of great stuffness ads and PayPal Phishing attempts to it. Of course, you shouldn't put your own email in there because the same thing will happen to you. Only put peoples emails that you don't like.

[TeeJa]

Originally Posted by Serra

I know a really great trick for this. What you do is you put people you hate's email addresses into forms like this on your website. Like the address above. Then when the spam scanners find it, they will send tons and tons of spam to the addresses that they find in open text like the one above.

It is really great. An email in open text like that will be picked up in about a week by the spammers, then they will start mailing all kinds of great stuffness ads and PayPal Phishing attempts to it. Of course, you shouldn't put your own email in there because the same thing will happen to you. Only put peoples emails that you don't like.

How right you are, but that darn form is easy to get. Only the email sticks out.... They should ban those types of forms.

[Serra]

See: http://spampoison.com/

[rjsweb]

the only reason why i am using this form is because it came from template monsters template and i dont know how to edit it it otherwise to make the same colors etc... that and i just signed up at hostgator so i dont konw how to even access the php form generator... i installed it... but now i dont even konw how to get to it/use it.... i just signed up with this company 2 days ago

[monyamic]

Yeah fellas. There's a million ways of doing something wrong so thanks for pointing out a few. How about concentrating on the one or two ways of doing it right?