Using FormMail.pl with Exim

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I have a client who is trying to use FormMail.pl on their hosting account which they moved over from another host. Their FormMail.pl is configured for sendmail so I stepped them through on getting the correct path to Exim rather than sendmail. Boy did they nearly explode when the formmail didn't work at first.

Now the client is wanting to know about documentation regarding what Exim uses for variable names with the POST data. For example he mentioned that when using sendmail, he used "subject", "recipients", and "redirect" for the hidden variables in the html file, and that sendmail processes / matches those variables up as 'subject', 'to', & 'redirect url'.

Is there any documentation on Exim and the variable names it uses/expects when processing email data? This client is kinda persistent and rather jumpy at wanting it done asap.

Brad
 
I've never seen FormMail.pl not work by default with the standard sendmail information.

Exim, including exim on DA, places a link there to handle calls as would sendmail.

You might want to look at the secure FormMail.pl script we distribute here; it works perfectly on Linux-based DA servers.

You might want to check line 35 to make sure that it points to a link available on your server.

Jeff
 
I stand corrected, the client is using formmail.cgi and NOT formmail.pl
 
I don't know anything about formmail.cgi. But it may very well be the same script.

The script I pointed to you works for us and many others; perhaps the client should try it.

Jeff
 
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