Many time when php mail function disabled on shared server, we can use following script to send an E-mail from shared web hosting account using contact form.
Three simple steps and you are ready with your new contact form.
Step 1 : Create FormMail.pl file under cgi-bin directory .
Download a FormMail.pl file in cgi-bin directory using following URL
Rename file from FormMail.txt to FormMail.pl
Step 2 : Create simple HTML contact form
<html>
<head>
<title>This is the test form</title>
</head>
<body>
<tr>
</p></td>
<form action=”/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl” name=”form1″ id=”form1″>
<input type=”hidden” name=”recipient” value=”info@your-domain.com” />
<input type=”hidden” name=”subject” value=”Test Form”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”redirect” value=”http://www.your-domain.com/thanks.html” />
<table width=”550″ border=”0″ align=”center”>
<tr>
<td width=”165″>Your email address:</td>
<td width=”375″><input name=”email” size=”30″ /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Your full name:</td>
<td><input name=”yourname” size=”35″ /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Town:</td>
<td><input name=”town” size=”20″ /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>County:</td>
<td><input name=”county” size=”25″ /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Telephone:</td>
<td><input name=”telephone” size=”15″ />
if you would like to be phoned</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Any access problems? </td>
<td><input name=”access” size=”35″ /></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td><input type=”submit” value=”Send request” /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</tr>
</table>
<table width=”770″ border=”0″ align=”center”>
<tr>
<td><hr /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
</tr>
</table>
<table width=”770″ border=”0″ align=”center”>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Step 3 : Create thanks.html redirect page and finalize the contact form.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Thanks</title>
</head>
<body><h1>Thank you for getting in touch</h1>
<p>We appreciate you contacting us about our services. One of our colleagues will get back to you shortly.</p><p>Have a great day!</p>
</body>
</html>
Key points : Before testing a contact form, make sure that following changes made carefully else your contact form won’t work properly.
- Assign 755 permission to FormMail.pl file
- Change domain name in FormMail.pl file in following code
@referers = (‘your-domain.com’,’192.168.0.2′);
@recipients = &fill_recipients(‘info@your-domain.com’);
Let us know in our forum , if you have any question.
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