FP98: How to Set Up a Form to Post Results by E-mail

ID: Q194088

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article describes how to set up a FrontPage form to submit form results as an e-mail attachment rather than saving the results in a file. Note that some browsers may not support the mailto Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

NOTES:

Microsoft Internet Explorer, versions 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 do not support the inclusion of form output to a mailto URL.

Posting results by e-mail works only if the client has a Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) compliant e-mail system.

MORE INFORMATION

To set up a form to submit results as an e-mail attachment, follow these steps:

In FrontPage Editor, create a form.

Right-click any object in the form, and then click Form Properties on the menu that appears.

The form is outlined by a dashed box.

In the Email Address box, type the e-mail address of the recipient.

Click OK.

NOTE: If the FrontPage Server Extensions are not configured to send a form in e-mail format, the following message appears:

The FrontPage Server Extensions have not been configured to send e-mail. Please direct your system administrator or Internet Service Provider to follow the instructions at 'Setting Up Your E-mail Transport' in the \SERK\enu\admin.htm file on the FrontPage CD-ROM.

Would you like to remove the e-mail recipient?
In this case, click Yes and contact the server administrator for help setting up the extensions to send e-mail.

NOTE: This error message may appear if you set a value for both the SMTPHost and the SendMailCommand parameters in the Frontpg.ini file. Which command you use depends on whether you are running a CERN- or an ISAPI-based server.

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Last Reviewed: July 1, 1999