Hello 'Zumoro', hope I can help. Are you after an emailer that allows your visitors to enter their name, email address, choose a subject from a drop down menu, and then enter some text in a text area. Then click a button like 'SEND' of which it then sends an email to you. If so, copy this HTML code as it is. Now, this FORM calls a PHP script in its ACTION part. I will gladly post you the script if you need.
The HTML code sets up the parameters to be passed to the php script. But first tell me if this is what you require. Just copy this lot as it is and try it but don't press the send button as it will go looking for the the PHP script and die!
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- PHP MAIL HANDLER IS THE PHP SCRIPT I WILL POST IF YOU NEED IT -->
<form action="PHP MAIL HANDLER.php" method="POST" class="theform">
<input type="hidden" name="required_fields" value="subject,name,email,message">
<input type="hidden" name="your_email_address" value="YOUR_EMAIL@your website.com">
<input type="hidden" name="check_email_address" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="background_color" value="#FFFFFF">
<input type="hidden" name="background_image" value="images/subground.png">
<input type="hidden" name="text_color" value="#000000">
<input type="hidden" name="link_color" value="#C000C0">
<input type="hidden" name="visited_link_color" value="#0000C0">
<input type="hidden" name="active_link_color" value="#0000C0">
<input type="hidden" name="highlight_color" value="#FF3333">
<!-- autoresponder setup -->
<input type="hidden" name="autoresponse" value="no">
<input type="hidden" name="owner_name" value="YOUR_EMAIL@your website.com">
<input type="hidden" name="response_subject" value="Thank you for your email">
<input type="hidden" name="response_mail" value="This is an auto response to let you know that your email has been successfully received and will be attended to shortly.Thank you!">
<input type="hidden" name="after_url" value="http://www.YOUR_WEBSITE.COM/thankyou.html">
<table border="0" width="600" align="center" cellspacing="15" bgcolor="#7B97E0">
<tr>
<td class="logoback" >
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3">
<tr>
<td align="left">
<br>
<font size="3" color="#FFFFFF">
<b>Name:<font color="#FFFFFF"></font></b>
</font><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type="text" name="name" size="50">
<br><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<font size="3" color="#FFFFFF">
<b>Email:<font color="#FFFFFF"></font></b>
</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type="text" name="email" size="50" >
<br><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font size="3" color="#FFFFFF">
<b>Subject:<font color="#FFFFFF"></font></b>
</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<select name="subject" size="1">
<option select>This</option>
<option>That</option>
<option>Or even</option>
<option>The other</option>
<option>Hello</option>
<option>How are</option>
<option>You doing</option>
</select>
<br><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<font size="3" color="#FFFFFF">
<b>Message:</b>
</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<textarea rows="10" cols="45" name="message">
</textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">
<input type="submit" value="Send Mail">
<input type="reset" value="Reset">
<br><br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Hope this puts you on the right track Zumoro. Email systems are always best done using PHP scripting. If you want me to post my script that handles this form I will do so. I have written an autoresponder with it, ie when someone sends an email to you the script will automatically send a message back saying 'thank you for your email we will be in touch soon' or any message you like. Also, if the email is successfully sent then the form calls a 'thankyou.html'.
Just try this first without the PHP script and let me know.
Regards,
Ges.