Re: FN-FORUM: formmail (why do we use it?)

date posted 13th June 2003 18:27

What does the host say is the message in the server log - Pam


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From: "Lindsey Hill" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: formmail (why do we use it?)


> > #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> >
> > or whatever
> >
> > if you have telnet/ssh access you can find out where perl is by typing
> >
> > which perl
> >
> > Also is the webserver set up to allow cgi scripts to run?
>
> The thing is, it does work and i get the results so it must be accepting
> it but it leaves an Internal error message afterwards.
>
> When I asked the host if it was OK to upload formmail they said
> "formmail.pl is not accepted on our servers, thru a security issue we
> had to remove this extension. The tricky thing to make it work is to
> rename the formmail.pl to something else like feedback.pl."
>
> Thanks
>
> Lindsey Hill
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