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[donkeymusic]

Hello

i currently have several paper forms that i would like to be set up as emails so that a client can fill in the details and email it straight back, this is a preferred method as asking them do download a form, fill it and and attach to a new email is far too difficult.

So basically what i am after is a way that i can have the email form ready so that they can just change a few details and click send and it would return to me.

Is this possible? tried searching goole but not sure what i am really looking for.

Just thinking, maybe an alternative would be to create a email and save it to all users drafts so they always have a copy of it,

thanks for any help offered

cheers

Edited by donkeymusic, 21 February 2007 - 08:23 AM.

[Jacorre]

You'll need something like a cgi script to parse the information and send it to you in an email. Try FormMail.

[rc69]

Any simple PHP contact form can do this. There are hundreds of tutorials here if you search for "mail" on how to do it.

Since e-mails are plain html, and most should disallow JS, there is no possible way i can think of to send an e-mail to somebody with the exact form in it (for security reasons) and have them send it back. You could possibly have it set up like:

Name: _____
E-mail: ________
Address: ________
Etc... __________

And then have them overwrite the blank lines and then hit reply... or maybe even try a PDF... but that's all i can think of.

[greg]

I think a simple PHP form would be most convenient for both sides. Pardon the self-promotion, but I have a short and simple tutorial on e-mail forms here. I can't think of any better alternative than this.