FormMail FAQ

Follow these steps to set up FormMail:

1. Upload the script:

   Upload formmail.pl to /cgi-bin/

2. Set permissions:

   chmod 755 formmail.pl

3. Configure allowed recipients:

   @referers = ('yourdomain.com');
   @recipients = ('[email protected]');

4. Create your HTML form:

   <form action="/cgi-bin/formmail.pl" method="post">
     <input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="[email protected]">
     <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Contact Form">
     <!-- Your form fields -->
     <input type="submit" value="Send">
   </form>

If you're not receiving emails, check these common issues:

1. Check spam folder: FormMail emails often get flagged as spam
2. Verify recipient setting: Ensure the recipient is in the @recipients array
3. Check referer setting: Your domain must be in @referers
4. Verify sendmail path: Check that $mailprog is correct:

   $mailprog = '/usr/lib/sendmail -t';

5. Check server logs: Look for errors in the web server error log

Short Answer:

There's a bug in the URL validation code.

Long Answer:

When the code was written, it checks for basic URL syntax before redirecting, ensuring the URL starts with http://. If your URL doesn't start with that, you have two options:

To modify the script, find this line (around line 204):

if ($CONFIG{'redirect'} =~ /http\:\/\/.*\..*/) {

Change it to:

if ($CONFIG{'redirect'}) {

This removes the URL validation and allows any URL or URI in the redirect form field.