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colossus
11-08-2006, 10:45 PM
I'm trying to create more email forms for my site, but they're not working. Every time I try to send one to my own email to test it out, a window pops up and says "This form is being submitted using e-mail. Submitting this form will reveal your e-mail address to the recipient and will send the form data without encrypting it for privacy. You may continue or cancel your submission".

Does anyone know why it's doing this and how I can code so that this doesn't happen?

pb&j
11-09-2006, 12:06 AM
have a look at the value in your ACTION in the FORM tag. it probably has MAILTO in it. that is what creates the problem.

to fix it, you will need to use a form/feedback processing script (usually in PHP coding). the script will process the information, send it to your inbox, and depending on the script you find, may lead the visitor to a thankyou page as well.

colossus
11-09-2006, 08:45 PM
Ok, thanks, I'll look more into that! :)

Ges
11-10-2006, 05:57 PM
Hi, colossus,
pb&j is quite correct. I once had this problem a long long time ago before I got into PHP. Here's a good place for website emailers - most are freebies;

http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Email_Systems/Web-based_Email/index.html

Regards,
Ges.

colossus
11-11-2006, 05:41 PM
Thanks, I'll take a look at the site.