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Using FormMail with Infomaniak
This guide details the use of the script FormMail on the different Infomaniak hosting offers.
Preamble
- FormMail is a free CGI script that captures and processes the content of a form to send it to the specified users.
- Supported on Shared Hosting & Cloud Server.
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Using FormMail
You can freely install FormMail on a hosting to send forms from your site to the recipients of your choice:
- Download the revised version (compat) of the original Matt Wright's FormMail script.
- Place the Perl file
FormMail.plin a subfolder namedcgi-bin. - Give it the execution permission for the user:
chmod u+x FormMail.pl
- Edit the file
FormMail.plto specify the recipients.
The file EXAMPLE contains an example of a form that you can adapt according to your needs.
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