Sending copy of form to outside recipient

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Sorry, I think you misunderstood. I want the form data to be mailed back to us in the same manner as using formmail.pl only I want a field where my visitor can enter an e-mail address for sending to the outside recipient.

The problem with using client side e-mail accounts to send the copy or the form for that matter is simple - what happens when the visitor uses something other than a local e-mail client, i.e. Yahoo mail, Gmail, Hotmail, etc.??

I'm not concerned with someone trying to hijak the form for spamming we have other forms online and a very good spam filter inline.

Ahh, thats an interesting one. I didn't misunderstand you. You didn't explain what you wanted.

You can submit PDF form data to a website in the HTTP Query String format, exactly the same way an HTML form does it. If the form contained the correct field names for matching up with what "formmail.pl" does then you could submit the PDF form directly to "formmail.pl". You could also fix up this code to handle anything special in your form.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

I can't fix up any code in formmail.pl because I don't have the knowledge. I am a marketing manager with enough talent to create webpages, web forms, print designs and the other stuff that goes with marketing a business.

What I need is a simple easy to use way of creating a form passed to formmail or other script of that nature with the ability to allow the visitor/form filler to insert an e-mail address of another person to send the form to in addition to sending it to us.

Look! There's a field I can put Steven Spielberg's e-mail address into so he will get a copy of our camera supports, lighting and grip gear for our upcoming movie, too!! Wow! I can share my choices with others!!

Our company doesn't want the document to be portable, but we want it to be shared with at least one other person. And yes, one of them might be Steven Spielberg!

As I explained earlier, you may very well be able to use a PDF form with formmail. You should give it a try.

Are you currently using formmail? and who set it up for you? They would know what to do.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]