[WEB4LIB] FP2K forms

[Thomas Dowling]

> I have created a form on FP2K with the server extensions up and running
> properly.  I currently have the form set to send the results to one
e-mail
> address, and it works like a charm.  Is it possible to have the results
sent
> to more than one e-mail recipient?  I have tried entering two addresses
into
> the form properties box by separating them with a comma.  I have also
tried
> separating them with a semi-colon.  Neither option works.  Anyone have
> suggestions or know of a solution?
>


See <URL:http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/forms.html#mailto-form> for some
serious cautions about forms with a mailto action.

The direct answer to your question is that RFC2368 defines a way to do
this:
action="mailto:ann_acker at foo.edu?cc=bob_baker at foo.edu?subject=form-submiss
ion".

The less direct answer is that many browsers not only don't support this
but don't support mailto forms at all.  This can even be true of current
versions of Netscape and IE if they're set up to use an external mail
program.  In the worst cases, users will believe they have submitted the
form, but it will actually never get mailed to anyone.

There's a wrong tool for every job, and for sending the results of a form
to one or more e-mail addresses mailto is the wrong tool.  Create your own
CGI script, or use one of the online freebies you can point to across the
net.


Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu