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Lynn
wacko.gif This is, I'm sure, the world's dumbest question, and I have searched for hours for the answer to this.

I have a simple form. A few fill-in boxes, a couple of drop-downs, and things like that. I just want the stupid thing to email itself to me. That's all. I think I have figured out how to make it do that, but every time I test it, IE and Mozilla gives me the whole trying to set up outlook thing.

It's gotta be something in the way I've got it coded.

This is the opening line of the code:
<form action="mailto:myemail@hotmail.com" name="ABC Company">
Then I've got some blah de blah blah about the form, which I know is set up correctly, cause I can see that on the page.
The final line of that portion of the code is:
<p><input type="submit" value="Send" name="sumbit"><input type="reset" value="Reset" name="reset"></p></form>

I kind of don't want to get into scripting; I don't know enough about it, and this form won't go to that email address forever, as I'm really just testing it out.

The main thing is that I can NOT figure out why it keeps trying to send it through Outlook.

Someone please help... I feel like the world's biggest idiot.
John Pozadzides
Please see the FAQ entry How do I get form data emailed to me?
John Pozadzides
Oh, and there are no dumb questions. :-) You keep asking and we'll keep answering!
Lynn
I know emailing a form back is unreliable, but that's what the boss wants.

I'm really trying to avoid scripting, as it seems like a PITA; plus, I can't find any tutorial online that is basic enough for a newbie.

Is there any way to avoid the whole setting up your default email / Outlook business?
Darin McGrew
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Is there any way to avoid the whole setting up your default email / Outlook business?
Yes. Use a proper server-side form-processing program, as explained in the FAQ entry that John referred you to.
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