email selection on a form

scpirin · Nov 6, 2003

How can I create a dropdown menu that offers different email addresses and
when submit is clicked, emails the form results to the specified email
address?

I am pretty sure HTML itself won't do it. Am willing to incorporate ASP or
PHP.

thanks,
scpirin

Adrienne · Nov 6, 2003

How can I create a dropdown menu that offers different email addresses
and when submit is clicked, emails the form results to the specified
email address?

I am pretty sure HTML itself won't do it. Am willing to incorporate
ASP or PHP.

thanks,
scpirin

ASP - Page 1
<form method="post" action="form2.asp">
<fieldset>
<label for="email">Email Address: </label>

<select name="email" id="email">

<option value="">Select an Email Address</option>
<option value="(e-mail address removed)">[email protected]</option>
<option value="(e-mail address removed)">[email protected]</option>

</select>
<p style="text-align:center"><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></p>
</fieldset>
</form>

Page 2

<% dim email

email = request.form("email")

newmail.to = email
newmail.body = "Your message here"
newmail.send

%>

Adjust page 2 to whatever mailing system you are using, CDO, Aspmail, etc.

Toby A Inkster · Nov 6, 2003

scpirin said:
How can I create a dropdown menu that offers different email addresses and
when submit is clicked, emails the form results to the specified email
address?

I am pretty sure HTML itself won't do it. Am willing to incorporate ASP or
PHP.

You are right. HTML won't do it.

In PHP, it would be something like this:

Form:

<form action="formhandler.php" method="POST">
<fieldset>
<legend>E-mail Form</legend>
<label>To: <select name="who">
<option value="a">Al</option>
<option value="b">Bob</option>
<option value="c">Chaz</option>
</select></label><br>
<label>Subject: <input name="what1"></label><br>
<label>Body:<br> <textarea name="what2"></textarea></label>
</fieldset>
</form>

formhandler.php:

<?php
$who = $_POST['who'];
if ($who == 'a') { $to = '(e-mail address removed)'; }
else if ($who == 'b') { $to = '(e-mail address removed)'; }
else ($who == 'c') { $to = '(e-mail address removed)'; }
$subj = $_POST['what1'];
$body = $_POST['what2'];
if ( mail($to,$subj,$body) ) {
header('Location: thanks.html');
} else {
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<title>Error</title>
<body><h1>Error</h1><p>An unspecified error occurred.</p></body>
<?
}
?>

scpirin · Nov 6, 2003

Toby A Inkster said:
scpirin said:

How can I create a dropdown menu that offers different email addresses and
when submit is clicked, emails the form results to the specified email
address?

I am pretty sure HTML itself won't do it. Am willing to incorporate ASP or
PHP.

Click to expand...

You are right. HTML won't do it.

In PHP, it would be something like this:

Form:

<form action="formhandler.php" method="POST">
<fieldset>
<legend>E-mail Form</legend>
<label>To: <select name="who">
<option value="a">Al</option>
<option value="b">Bob</option>
<option value="c">Chaz</option>
</select></label><br>
<label>Subject: <input name="what1"></label><br>
<label>Body:<br> <textarea name="what2"></textarea></label>
</fieldset>
</form>

formhandler.php:

<?php
$who = $_POST['who'];
if ($who == 'a') { $to = '(e-mail address removed)'; }
else if ($who == 'b') { $to = '(e-mail address removed)'; }
else ($who == 'c') { $to = '(e-mail address removed)'; }
$subj = $_POST['what1'];
$body = $_POST['what2'];
if ( mail($to,$subj,$body) ) {
header('Location: thanks.html');
} else {
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<title>Error</title>
<body><h1>Error</h1><p>An unspecified error occurred.</p></body>
<?
}
?>

Thanks much guys.....
Will work on both formats and see if I can get it to work........

scpirin

Default User · Nov 6, 2003

scpirin said:
Thanks much guys.....
Will work on both formats and see if I can get it to work........

Make sure your mail handling script doesn't take in an address from the
form and use it willy-nilly. Otherwise spammers can exploit your script
to their benefit and likely your sorrow.

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