On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Sander wrote:

> After recent web host problems, we decided to host our own website. My 
> hosting server is running Win XP with Apache 2.3.1 on it. 

Are you sure about this? The current version of Apache2 is 2.0.51.

> My site is working but now I am trying to work out the kinks.  We use 
> a simple formmail.cgi script to allow visitors to submit a 
> questionaire.  What do I need to set up to allow that form to work 
> again.  Will Apache be able to send mail or does "sendmail" need to 
> communicate with a different mail server.  Just trying to grasp the 
> concept of how it works. Thanks
 
Where did you get your copy of formmail.cgi ? There is an older program 
for this that is unreliable and insecure -- do not use it. There is a 
more recent version from a project called NMS that provides a much 
better version. It can be downloaded from:

    <http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/scripts.shtml>

If the formmail you are using is not this one, it probably should be. 
Download that one and read over the documentation it provides, then try 
to install it and let us know -- in some detail -- if anything breaks.



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Chris Devers

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