Thanks to all for your help with the $from address thing. Removing the
single quotes did the trick.
Robbie
R. Joseph Newton wrote:
Robbie Staufer wrote:
Hi,
I have a perl script that takes in form data and generates and email
with the data to be sent to me. I'm getting the error message
Robbie Staufer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a perl script that takes in form data and generates and email
> with the data to be sent to me. I'm getting the error message
> Error:Bad or missing From address: '$from_address'. The webmaster says
> I'm using the correct from address, so, any ideas about
Robbie Staufer wrote:
>
> Hi,
Hello,
> I have a perl script that takes in form data and generates and email
> with the data to be sent to me. I'm getting the error message
> Error:Bad or missing From address: '$from_address'. The webmaster says
> I'm using the correct from address, so, any id
$from _address will not interpolate in single quotes. No quotes needed
around $from_address, $to_address or $subject.
Cheers,
Kevin
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 12:12:44PM -0700, Robbie Staufer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said
something similar to:
> Hi,
>
> I have a perl script that takes in form data and
Robbie Staufer wrote:
> Here's what I have:
>
> $from_address = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> $to_address = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> $subject = "ESMF Registration Form";
I should have pointed out that here single quotes
are just what you want, to stop it expanding
arrays @sweb and @scd. That way you wouldn
Robbie Staufer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a perl script that takes in form data and generates and email
> with the data to be sent to me. I'm getting the error message
> Error:Bad or missing From address: '$from_address'. The webmaster says
> I'm using the correct from address, so, any ideas about
You need to leave off the single quotes around $from_address, $to_address,
and $subject.
%mail = (
SMTP=> 'finster.scd.ucar.edu',
from=> $from_address,
to => $to_address,
subject => $subject,
);
Mar 28, 2003 at 12:12pm from Robbie Staufer:
> $from_address = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> $to_address = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> $subject = "ESMF Registration Form";
>
> %mail = (
> SMTP=> 'finster.scd.ucar.edu',
> from=> '$from_address',
> to => '$to_address',
> subject => '$subject',
> );
>
>
