tripod sendmail

mleuntest · #1 24-Jul-2003, 02:14

i have spent ten hours to work out how to use sendemail in tripod, but i still can't work it out. i have follow the readme file, and it only creat a mail file in the cgi-bin file, but emails are not sending out.. could anyone give me a hint to work it out, or post a woking simple example please....

thanks

followings are what i've put in the file:

#--------------------------------
#sendingmail.pl
#---------------------------------------------

#!/usr/bin/perl
require 5.001;

require TripodMail;

$header = "header.html";
$footer = "footer.html";
$mailprogram = "sendMail";
$returnpage = "/";
$youremail = "address\@msn.com";
$csvfilename = "orders.csv";
$csvquote = "\"\"";
$mode = "BOTH";

require TripodMail;
$MAIL = new TripodMail;
$mail_template = "ff.txt";
%variables = ('email' => $youremail,
'name' => 'billy',
'number' => '2');
$MAIL->sendMail($mail_template, \%variables);

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print "<HTML><BODY>";
print "<h2>Thank you</h2>";
print "Thank you for your order from our online store. You will receive a confirmation email of your order ";
print "momentarily. Please contact us at $youremail if you have any questions or concerns.";
print "<P>";
print "<A HREF=\"$returnpage\" target=_top>Return Home</A>";
print "<P>";

print "</HTML></BODY>";

exit;

#--------------------------
#ff.txt
#---------------------

To: $email
From: address@msn.com

Hello $name:

con.... you are user number $number

nickbeee · #2 04-Aug-2003, 12:26

If you want to look at a script with a working mail function get TripodYabb and have a look at the perl source

http://members.tripod.com/yabbsp1_1/

Tripod CGI is renowned for not doing what it says on the tin!

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