# cgiemail question

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380>\
**Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\
**Created:** [March 19, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380 "2012-03-19T22:51:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380/1 "2012-03-19T22:51:48Z")

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I’ve had a working cgiemail setup for going on years now, but after updating  
my website recently I am having problems with the first field in the form  
getting dropped out resulting in the form successfully being generated but  
not being delivered.

Here is the generated code for a dropped field:

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Here is the generated code for a working field.

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And here is the form template:

To: [info@notreal.com](mailto:info@notreal.com)  
Subject: Inquiry

[Company]  
[Industry]  
[State]  
[City]  
[Volume]  
[Line]  
[Contact]  
[How]  
[Keywords]

The Company= field is being dropped (see below, abc is test data) yet  
resulting in a success page:

The following email message was sent.  
To: [info@notreal.com](mailto:info@notreal.com)  
Subject: Inquiry

abc \<-----------Problem is here should be Company=abc  
Industry=abc  
State=abc  
City=abc  
Volume=abc  
Line=abc  
Contact=Name:abc  
Address1:abc  
Address2:abc  
Address3:abc  
Phone:abc  
E-Mail:abc  
Website:abc  
Twitter:abc  
Facebook:abc  
Notes:abc  
How=Google  
Keywords=abc  
Submit=Submit

cgiemail 1.6

My understanding from reading on cgiemail if all fields are not populated  
it will state that the email is sent, but it really isn’t. The cgiemail at  
the web host is a compiled binary and I have spoken with them and their  
answer is “We don’t support scripts.” (Even though it is provided in their  
hosting cgi-bin directory.) ; )

Any ideas?

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**Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380/2 "2012-03-19T23:29:40Z")

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On 19/03/2012 20:51, GofBorg wrote:  
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> I’ve had a working cgiemail setup for going on years now, but after updating  
> my website recently I am having problems with the first field in the form  
> getting dropped out resulting in the form successfully being generated but  
> not being delivered.
> 
> Here is the generated code for a dropped field:
> 
> `
> 
> | ![]() | |
> | | |
> 
> `
> 
> Here is the generated code for a working field.
> 
> `
> 
> | ![]() | |
> | | |
> 
> `
> 
> And here is the form template:
> 
> To: [info@notreal.com](mailto:info@notreal.com)  
> Subject: Inquiry
> 
> [Company]  
> [Industry]  
> [State]  
> [City]  
> [Volume]  
> [Line]  
> [Contact]  
> [How]  
> [Keywords]
> 
> The Company= field is being dropped (see below, abc is test data) yet  
> resulting in a success page:
> 
> The following email message was sent.  
> To: [info@notreal.com](mailto:info@notreal.com)  
> Subject: Inquiry
> 
> abc \<-----------Problem is here should be Company=abc  
> Industry=abc  
> State=abc  
> City=abc  
> Volume=abc  
> Line=abc  
> Contact=Name:abc  
> Address1:abc  
> Address2:abc  
> Address3:abc  
> Phone:abc  
> E-Mail:abc  
> Website:abc  
> Twitter:abc  
> Facebook:abc  
> Notes:abc  
> How=Google  
> Keywords=abc  
> Submit=Submit
> 
> cgiemail 1.6
> 
> My understanding from reading on cgiemail if all fields are not populated  
> it will state that the email is sent, but it really isn’t. The cgiemail at  
> the web host is a compiled binary and I have spoken with them and their  
> answer is “We don’t support scripts.” (Even though it is provided in their  
> hosting cgi-bin directory.) ; )
> 
> Any ideas?[/color]

If the code of both broken and working fields areas above then the thing I  
notice with the broken field is is repeated twice.

## HTH.

Simon  
Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner

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**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380/3 "2012-03-20T19:23:11Z")

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I chopped off a bit of the Company table that’s why there is the extra  
/table. Thanks for looking.

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**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380/4 "2012-03-20T21:41:38Z")

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Okay, I found the issue with the field getting dropped,  
it was a page encoding issue…needed to be set in my  
app in a little dropdown window.

Still not getting the submitted form via email, but that  
seems to be another issue. Making progress anyway!

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**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380/5 "2012-03-20T21:48:57Z")

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Can’t tell you how much I hate hosted websites!!!  
They %%@$^!$@!$ change the #%@^@$%%@#% configurations  
so %#@%^@#%#@% much that you never know %@#%@#%!%  
is going ON. Just spent the last %%@#%^@%$^@!$$!$@#$@$@!$@!  
2 days chasing a problem that should NOT HAPPEN!!!  
IF you change the %#$!@^@%!@$_(%(!@#U$%_&!$ provider of your  
script mail relays at least have the %$#@$%^@$%#@$!@$!@$!@$  
decency to INFORM YOUR CUSTOMERS!!!

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**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380/6 "2012-03-20T22:58:50Z")

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On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:48:57 +0000, GofBorg wrote:  
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> Can’t tell you how much I hate hosted websites!!!  
> They %%@$^!$@!$ change the #%@^@$%%@#% configurations so %#@%^@#%#@%  
> much that you never know %@#%@#%!%  
> is going ON. Just spent the last %%@#%^@%$^@!$$!$@#$@$@!$@!  
> 2 days chasing a problem that should NOT HAPPEN!!!  
> IF you change the %#$!@^@%!@$_(%(!@#U$%_&!$ provider of your script mail  
> relays at least have the %$#@$%^@$%#@$!@$!@$!@$ decency to INFORM YOUR  
> CUSTOMERS!!![/color]

8/10

Would’ve been a perfect 10 rant if you’d not run it through spellcheck  
first. 😉

Jim

–  
Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10  
Novell Knowledge Partner

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**Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380/7 "2012-03-21T17:27:12Z")

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🙂

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380/8 "2012-06-26T19:50:51Z")

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On 3/20/2012 3:48 PM, GofBorg wrote:[color=blue]

> Can’t tell you how much I hate hosted websites!!!  
> They %%@$^!$@!$ change the #%@^@$%%@#% configurations  
> so %#@%^@#%#@% much that you never know %@#%@#%!%  
> is going ON. Just spent the last %%@#%^@%$^@!$$!$@#$@$@!$@!  
> 2 days chasing a problem that should NOT HAPPEN!!!  
> IF you change the %#$!@^@%!@$_(%(!@#U$%_&!$ provider of your  
> script mail relays at least have the %$#@$%^@$%#@$!@$!@$!@$  
> decency to INFORM YOUR CUSTOMERS!!!  
> [/color]

I give it a 6.

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380/9 "2012-06-26T22:55:24Z")

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> [color=blue]  
> I give it a 6.[/color]

LOL. Playing catch up are we?

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cgiemail-question/22380/10 "2012-06-26T23:41:57Z")

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On 6/26/2012 3:55 PM, GofBorg wrote:[color=blue][color=green]

> > I give it a 6.[/color]
> 
> LOL. Playing catch up are we?  
> [/color]

Yessir we are… You know me… I have to add my 2cents on RANTS no  
matter how old 😃