Re: FN-FORUM Creating a contact list

date posted 17th July 2000 21:29

Mart' Woollatt wrote on 17/7/00 2:50 pm

>I want to create a mailing list from my better half's site (www.swill.co.uk)
>in order to notify interested parties as to when she has uploaded any new
>images.
>
>At the moment I've opted to use a bog standard 'mailto: .....' which will
>suffice for now. What I need to find out in the short term is how can I get
>the Subject line automatically filled in; and a line or two of text in the
>body of the email along the lines of "Please subscribe me to the contact
>list" ?
>
>Looking further ahead, particularly when the requests increase in number;
>what would be the best route to take ?

Yup - get the form running with either a CGI writing to a text log file,
or (better) a CGI, ASP, ColdFusion, JSP or whatever writing to a database.

The CGI solution will work nicely in a Unix hosting environment (as
will CF if the host has it - CF for Linux is *very* nice).

Before you do *any* of that, read, memorise and inwardly digest (oh, and
comply with!), the Data Protection Acts of 1984 and 1998.

Cheers
Martin