cgi form processor

drinkme

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Hi, I am new, and I have no idea if this is the right forum for this problem!

I am trying to install a cgi/perl form processor.

I am trying to use a form called form2email, which can be found on
http://www.form2email.net/
I got this form from a DA reccomended script website.

When I try to "submit" my form, which can be found at
http://www.drinkmealice.org/framelist.htm
I get a Internal Server 500 error.

The form2email FAQ's say:
Q) What is "Error 500 Internal Server Error"?
A) The Path to Perl or CHMOD of your file or directory may be wrong. Try CHMOD all the files and directory again. Your server may not like the CHMOD setting ask you host what you should be using. Check you did not open the script with anything other than notepad. Check your log to find out more.
Also try putting the code below directly after your Path to Perl this will stop and report the script error in more detail.


The file is form2email.pl, which I have uploaded to my cgi-bin. I have set the CHMOD to 755 (which is reccomended but does not work). I have also set it to 775 and this does not work, either. I currently have the mail sender set to:
my $mailprog = '/usr/sbin/exim';
and the perl path set to:
#!/usr/bin/perl
which my host says is correct.

so why is it still not working?
thanks in advance!
 
i created a file called .htaccess and put it in my public_html folder and in my cgi bin.

but it still doesn't work.

i tried using a different form processing script called novice, and it worked but it didn't send any of the content!!

why is this so hard :(
 
drinkme said:
why is this so hard :(
Generally it's not. You're probably missing something very simple.

Check here and make sure you've done everything.

If it still doesn't work, contact your hosting company for help.

Jeff
 
jlasman said:
Generally it's not. You're probably missing something very simple.

Check here and make sure you've done everything.

If it still doesn't work, contact your hosting company for help.

Jeff

thanks, i had a look at that earlier today. maybe it's just the form i'm trying to use. like i said, i did get it to work with a different type of form.


i'll give it another go :)
 
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