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[Vortech]

We run perl on our systems but not send mail. So we have a lot of users needing form mail and right now we install a asp script for each site and set it up for them. But i am sure there is a much more simple way to do this..


If any one has a perl, asp, exe or any kind of formmail script that works on windows for all users so they can add a very simple code to there html and it work would be great. Would need to work with SMTP this is the problem we have had so far finding one that does. Would be nice if it only works from our server or the IP rang we set it to so some one else off our server could not use it..



Thanks i hope some one has some thing like this.

If you have one if you could mail it to info@vortechhosting.com so i could check it out would be great. The more simple to setup and for user to setup would be great.

[ckizer]

Get aspMail from http://www.serverobjects.com, I use it all the time not to meantion you clients will love having that feature installed.

[Vortech]

Yea we have all the aspmail stuff on there. ASPMail, ASPEMail, Jmail all of them but very new users find this very hard to use. We want some like a unix host has most of the time and i have seen it on NT as weel just not sure what they are using.

More less the user would only have to put in <FORM ACTION="http://www.vortechhosting.com/forum/mailer.cgi" NAME="mailer" METHOD="POST"> and some other small stuff to make it work and have no need to know ASP or anyhting and makes it very easy.

What we want is a simple cgi script that we can set the range of IPs or domains it will work with so spammers can't use it as a open relay and let all our user be able to use this script and be very easy for them to setup.


The problem is i can't find one to work with windows this way and use SMTP as we don't run send mail and let use pick what ip range can use it.

If you know of a easy way to do that let me know. It can be in ASP, Perl, i think C++ would work as well or a EXE file of some kind getting info from a .ini file.

If any one has one or knows where i can get one please send me a e-mail to info@vortechhosting.com

Thanks

[ckizer]

You going to have trouble doing it in PERL because on *nix based systems they can intergrate with sendmail. You could always install sendMail on your win box (Don't do it :-() Search google.com for "ASP Scripts" there are plenty of sites that offer free COM objects for sending mail with ASP you could very easly give your users what they want, better yet setup an ASPMail script that works and just add it in your support section for uses to model theirs off of. If they are using Frontpage they can just use the frontpage extensions to send forms!

[Vortech]

Yes the front page idea would be great but are having some problem with front page wanting to send mail from its forms it make as seen here. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...?threadid=7022 not sure what's wrong with it yet its the only front page thing that does not want to work.

We have about every mail COM objects out there but our users are do new they can't get have no idea how to use asp hell most don't know html at all.


We have a ASPMail demo download but 99% of the time they just end up calling going I can't get it to work and I end having to do it for them..LOL It's not a problem till I get 10 to 15 users doing this all in the same day..LOL

If I could just find some simple would be great. Where they don't have to edit any html. Even a ASPmail script that has its basic stuff in it and they post to it from there site but I don't think this would work as you can't post to asp from anther site as far as I know. That's why I was looking in to the Perl side for one that could do this.