[NCLUG] html form to email cgi advice

[Anthony Foiani]

"Gabriel L. Somlo" <gsomlo at gmail.com> writes:

> I'm trying to set up a couple of html forms that would generate emails
> when submitted. Ability to "attach" files (via html type="file" input)
> would be a huge plus.

Why not simply publish an email address and have people send emails?

This passion for re-implementing email clients (poorly, insecurely) on
web pages is inevitably a bad idea.

> So far I found FormMail on www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html,

Wow, that's still around?  (Insert "cool story, bro" about the
developer of formmail being from Fort Collins, and while formmail's
been a trainwreck for 15 years, he was a nice guy and an excellent
juggler.)

t.