Web e-mail Package


Web e-mail

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  • Web e-mail


    Description

    This is a very simple package that allows e-mail messages to be sent from the web. Simply choose who you want to send an e-mail message to from the selection box next to the TO: label. Enter your e-mail address in the FROM: field, enter the subject of your message in the SUBJECT: field, and enter your message in the MESSAGE: area. To send you message click on the "Send" button.
    The problem with sending e-mail from the web is that it is pretty close to annonymous e-mail. That is why the TO: field is a selection box. So anyone could send anonymous e-mail, but they could only send it to the people listed in the TO: selection box.


    Implementation

    The implementation is very basic. The form, when the user clicks on the "Send" button, is submitted and sends its information to a PERL script named mail.cgi. This PERL script takes the information (i.e. to, from, subject, and message) and then sends the mail message through the use of the sendmail program.


    Requirements




    Changes Needed

    There are a few changes that need to be made to make this package work for you. They are as follows:
  • Make sure the path to perl is correct in the mail.cgi file. The first line of the file is what may need to be changed (i.e. #! /usr/local/bin/perl ).
  • Make sure the path to the sendmail command is correct in the mail.cgi file. This path is set in the $mailProgram variable in the file.
  • Edit the index.html file. You need to change the e-mail address list that the user will be able to choose from. Do this by editing and/or adding to the options inside the select name="to" tag.


    Download

    web_e-mail.tar.gz


    Author

    Package written by: J. Lewis Muir
    jl-muir@cat.ncsa.uiuc.edu