form problem - webbot

D

DianaH

FP 2003:

In the following webbot, for some reason, it picks up my email everytime
someone submits a form from the site. I have a field entitle "email" ...
how do I get it to pick up that instead.

Thanks for your help.

<!--webbot bot="SaveResults" U-File="_private/form_results.csv"
S-Format="TEXT/CSV" S-Label-Fields="TRUE" B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE"
S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE" [email protected]
B-Email-Label-Fields="TRUE" B-Email-Subject-From-Field="TRUE"
S-Email-Subject="Information Request from Qwik-Lok website"
S-Date-Format="%B %d, %Y" S-Time-Format="%I:%M %p" S-Builtin-Fields="Date
Time" U-Confirmation-Url="thankyou.html" startspan S-Form-Fields="Name
Address State_Province Company City ZipPostal Phone Fax Email R1
CommentsQuestions " --><!--webbot bot="SaveResults" endspan
 
D

DianaH

Ok ... I don't think it's the webbot after doing more checking.

It would appear that my form is not picking up the email address from the
"email" field and using it as the sent from address. Although I believe
I've set it up right, but it's wrong.

If someone on any pc submits the form ... for all emails that are received
by the person who is setup to receive the results ... they show up as being
from "me" instead of who's really sending it.

How do I stop that. I can't figure out why they show as coming from me.
Help
 
D

DianaH

I must have it setup wrong then Steve. When I click reply, it puts my email
address in the "to" field, instead of the email that was entered into the
email field.
Diana.


Email sent from a form is actually sent to you from the server.

If you click Reply, the email address of the person who submitted the form
should appear
in the To: field. if you have it set up correctly.


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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D

DianaH

I just had someone do a test ... and still ... my email shows up as the
sender. When I try to reply ... it still contains my email address.
Man-oh-man ... I've done something wrong ... but don't know what it is.
D.

Email sent from a form is actually sent to you from the server.

If you click Reply, the email address of the person who submitted the form
should appear
in the To: field. if you have it set up correctly.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
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R

Ronx

The form field name is indeed Email
But the form properties are picking up the email address from a field named
Email_Address , which probably does not exist.
Either, in the form properties, change Email_Address to Email, or rename
the form field from Email to Email_Address (but do not do both :) ).
 
S

Steve Easton

OK.
In the form properties the "reply to" address is set as Email_Address:
B-Email-ReplyTo-From-Field="TRUE" S-Email-ReplyTo="Email_Address"

The form field name where the user enters their email address is: Email

<INPUT style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; background-color:#FFFFFF"
tabIndex=9 size=25 name=Email>

You need to change the one in form properties to: Email



--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
 
D

DianaH

What you suggested did work. Thanks to you both for your response. It made
sense and I've made the change.

On the same note ... my next concern is that I have to put my email address
(see attached print screen)
S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE" S-Email-Address=dianahowell[at]shaw[dot]com
(retyped my email so I don't encourage any more spam). This means that the
person who receives these emails (changed to me for now) sees it as coming
from me, instead of the server. Can I not put something else there?

As a related request. Wouldn't it be nicer if the form looked like it was
coming from the address entered in the "Email" field. That's what I was
really hoping for, but maybe it's not possible.

Still lots to learn.
Thanks again.

OK.
In the form properties the "reply to" address is set as Email_Address:
B-Email-ReplyTo-From-Field="TRUE" S-Email-ReplyTo="Email_Address"

The form field name where the user enters their email address is: Email

<INPUT style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; background-color:#FFFFFF"
tabIndex=9 size=25 name=Email>

You need to change the one in form properties to: Email



--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
 
S

Steve Easton

in-line

DianaH said:
What you suggested did work. Thanks to you both for your response. It made
sense and I've made the change.

On the same note ... my next concern is that I have to put my email address
(see attached print screen)
S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE" S-Email-Address=dianahowell[at]shaw[dot]com
(retyped my email so I don't encourage any more spam). This means that the
person who receives these emails (changed to me for now) sees it as coming
from me, instead of the server. Can I not put something else there?
Click to expand...

No, because the server sends the email to you.
As a related request. Wouldn't it be nicer if the form looked like it was
coming from the address entered in the "Email" field. That's what I was
really hoping for, but maybe it's not possible.
Click to expand...

That can not be done with the standard forms handler.

It can be done with custom server side scripting.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
 
D

DianaH

ok ... I removed my regular email address which is dianahowellatshawdotca
and used other email addresses that I have.

However Steve, it still shows up as coming from that very email address
above and it exists nowhere on that page. I told it to send the results to
my gmail account and it that worked, and I entered in the "email" field, as
my hotmail account. This way, my shaw account doesn't show up anywhere.
Yet, it still shows up as coming from me@shaw.

It's gotta be picking that up from somewhere else, but I don't know how to
stop it.
Can you think of anything else? I'm at a loss!


in-line

DianaH said:
What you suggested did work. Thanks to you both for your response. It
made
sense and I've made the change.

On the same note ... my next concern is that I have to put my email
address
(see attached print screen)
S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE" S-Email-Address=dianahowell[at]shaw[dot]com
(retyped my email so I don't encourage any more spam). This means that
the
person who receives these emails (changed to me for now) sees it as coming
from me, instead of the server. Can I not put something else there?
Click to expand...

No, because the server sends the email to you.
As a related request. Wouldn't it be nicer if the form looked like it
was
coming from the address entered in the "Email" field. That's what I was
really hoping for, but maybe it's not possible.
Click to expand...

That can not be done with the standard forms handler.

It can be done with custom server side scripting.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
 
T

Tom Willett

What email address did the host configure in the FP server extensions for
the forms to email transport?
--
Tom Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
----------
DianaH said:
ok ... I removed my regular email address which is dianahowellatshawdotca
and used other email addresses that I have.

However Steve, it still shows up as coming from that very email address
above and it exists nowhere on that page. I told it to send the results
to
my gmail account and it that worked, and I entered in the "email" field,
as
my hotmail account. This way, my shaw account doesn't show up anywhere.
Yet, it still shows up as coming from me@shaw.

It's gotta be picking that up from somewhere else, but I don't know how to
stop it.
Can you think of anything else? I'm at a loss!


in-line

DianaH said:
What you suggested did work. Thanks to you both for your response. It
made
sense and I've made the change.

On the same note ... my next concern is that I have to put my email
address
(see attached print screen)
S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE" S-Email-Address=dianahowell[at]shaw[dot]com
(retyped my email so I don't encourage any more spam). This means that
the
person who receives these emails (changed to me for now) sees it as
coming
from me, instead of the server. Can I not put something else there?
Click to expand...

No, because the server sends the email to you.
As a related request. Wouldn't it be nicer if the form looked like it
was
coming from the address entered in the "Email" field. That's what I was
really hoping for, but maybe it's not possible.
Click to expand...

That can not be done with the standard forms handler.

It can be done with custom server side scripting.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
Click to expand...
 
D

DianaH

Ohhhh Tom. You've lost me. I didn't them (knowingly)!

What email address did the host configure in the FP server extensions for
the forms to email transport?
--
Tom Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
----------
DianaH said:
ok ... I removed my regular email address which is dianahowellatshawdotca
and used other email addresses that I have.

However Steve, it still shows up as coming from that very email address
above and it exists nowhere on that page. I told it to send the results
to
my gmail account and it that worked, and I entered in the "email" field,
as
my hotmail account. This way, my shaw account doesn't show up anywhere.
Yet, it still shows up as coming from me@shaw.

It's gotta be picking that up from somewhere else, but I don't know how to
stop it.
Can you think of anything else? I'm at a loss!


in-line

DianaH said:
What you suggested did work. Thanks to you both for your response. It
made
sense and I've made the change.

On the same note ... my next concern is that I have to put my email
address
(see attached print screen)
S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE" S-Email-Address=dianahowell[at]shaw[dot]com
(retyped my email so I don't encourage any more spam). This means that
the
person who receives these emails (changed to me for now) sees it as
coming
from me, instead of the server. Can I not put something else there?
Click to expand...

No, because the server sends the email to you.
As a related request. Wouldn't it be nicer if the form looked like it
was
coming from the address entered in the "Email" field. That's what I was
really hoping for, but maybe it's not possible.
Click to expand...

That can not be done with the standard forms handler.

It can be done with custom server side scripting.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
Click to expand...
 
D

DianaH

Correction:
Ohhhh Tom. You've lost me. I didn't tell them anything (... not
knowingly)!

What email address did the host configure in the FP server extensions for
the forms to email transport?
--
Tom Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
----------
DianaH said:
ok ... I removed my regular email address which is dianahowellatshawdotca
and used other email addresses that I have.

However Steve, it still shows up as coming from that very email address
above and it exists nowhere on that page. I told it to send the results
to
my gmail account and it that worked, and I entered in the "email" field,
as
my hotmail account. This way, my shaw account doesn't show up anywhere.
Yet, it still shows up as coming from me@shaw.

It's gotta be picking that up from somewhere else, but I don't know how to
stop it.
Can you think of anything else? I'm at a loss!


in-line

DianaH said:
What you suggested did work. Thanks to you both for your response. It
made
sense and I've made the change.

On the same note ... my next concern is that I have to put my email
address
(see attached print screen)
S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE" S-Email-Address=dianahowell[at]shaw[dot]com
(retyped my email so I don't encourage any more spam). This means that
the
person who receives these emails (changed to me for now) sees it as
coming
from me, instead of the server. Can I not put something else there?
Click to expand...

No, because the server sends the email to you.
As a related request. Wouldn't it be nicer if the form looked like it
was
coming from the address entered in the "Email" field. That's what I was
really hoping for, but maybe it's not possible.
Click to expand...

That can not be done with the standard forms handler.

It can be done with custom server side scripting.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
Click to expand...
 
T

Tom Willett

You can study this and you can pass it on to your host to properly set up
the extensions:
How to configure the FrontPage Server Extensions for Email Transport
http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/tutorials/email_stuff.htm
--
Tom Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
----------
DianaH said:
Correction:
Ohhhh Tom. You've lost me. I didn't tell them anything (... not
knowingly)!

What email address did the host configure in the FP server extensions for
the forms to email transport?
--
Tom Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
----------
DianaH said:
ok ... I removed my regular email address which is dianahowellatshawdotca
and used other email addresses that I have.

However Steve, it still shows up as coming from that very email address
above and it exists nowhere on that page. I told it to send the results
to
my gmail account and it that worked, and I entered in the "email" field,
as
my hotmail account. This way, my shaw account doesn't show up anywhere.
Yet, it still shows up as coming from me@shaw.

It's gotta be picking that up from somewhere else, but I don't know how
to
stop it.
Can you think of anything else? I'm at a loss!


in-line

DianaH said:
What you suggested did work. Thanks to you both for your response. It
made
sense and I've made the change.

On the same note ... my next concern is that I have to put my email
address
(see attached print screen)
S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE" S-Email-Address=dianahowell[at]shaw[dot]com
(retyped my email so I don't encourage any more spam). This means that
the
person who receives these emails (changed to me for now) sees it as
coming
from me, instead of the server. Can I not put something else there?
Click to expand...

No, because the server sends the email to you.
As a related request. Wouldn't it be nicer if the form looked like it
was
coming from the address entered in the "Email" field. That's what I was
really hoping for, but maybe it's not possible.
Click to expand...

That can not be done with the standard forms handler.

It can be done with custom server side scripting.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

You have to contact your web host to have them change the "sending" email address, which will always
be the same address for any emails sent by forms on your web site via the FP Form Handler.

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