Mailform

[FiremanSAM]

Hi,

i am a newbie with php .

Why does the following not work on lycos free account???????

<?PHP
$to = $_POST["to"];
$from = $_POST["from"];
$mes = $_POST["mes"];
mail($to, $from, $mes);
?>

Up this is a html form with fields to from and mes.

what is the simplest mailform.

FiremanSAM

[RG]

Re: Mailform


"FiremanSAM " <firemansam@co. uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> i am a newbie with php .
>
> Why does the following not work on lycos free account???????
>
> <?PHP
> $to = $_POST["to"];
> $from = $_POST["from"];
> $mes = $_POST["mes"];
> mail($to, $from, $mes);
> ?>
>
> Up this is a html form with fields to from and mes.
>
> what is the simplest mailform.
>
> FiremanSAM
>[/color]

Probably because they don't want people abusing their mailservers.
If you get proper hosting, your script will work.

RG

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>[/color]

[ofor]

Re: Mailform


"FiremanSAM " <firemansam@co. uk> skrev i meddelandet
news:6hm7b.3066 $P51.5223@amstw ist00...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> i am a newbie with php .
>
> Why does the following not work on lycos free account???????
>
> <?PHP
> $to = $_POST["to"];
> $from = $_POST["from"];
> $mes = $_POST["mes"];
> mail($to, $from, $mes);
> ?>
>
> Up this is a html form with fields to from and mes.
>
> what is the simplest mailform.
>
> FiremanSAM
>[/color]
If you run phpinfo() you will see a lot of things are disabled

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