Frontpage Form Results blocked by network firewalls

[Maureen May]

I have a form created using Frontpage 2000 that is set to send the results to
an Access database. We are finding that since different networks are
blocking the use of ports other than their own to fight spam, the form
results are not getting submitted to the database. When the user hits submit,
they are still directed to our confirmation page, so they don't know that
their information did not get through to us.

We will be upgrading to Frontpage 2003. Is there a way in Frontpage 2003
around this problem? If we set the form to send results to a database and
also email the results to us, will be receive the email or will it also be
blocked?

Thank you for you help!

Maureen

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

There shouldn't be a problem as long as the database is part of the web site

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[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Maureen,
Port blocking shouldn't have any effect because the form should be
submitting using the same port back to the server (ie: the page is requested
from port 80 and the browser uses port 80 to post back). If the confirmation
page is displayed it should mean that things are working correctly because
the script is then re-directing users to the confirmation page. I would
suspect that there is something else, such as a permissions error on the
database that is actually causing the error.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage