I am trying to implement a mailto for on my web site, so that visitors can fill in the form, click submit and have it e-mailed to me at my address.
I have the form all setup, and submit button linked to send. But when I actually send a test message to myself, all I recieve is a attachment called "POSTDATA.ATT"
<form method="post" action="mailto:eric@fivemiledesign.com">
Your Name: <input type="text" name="name" size="30"><p>
Your E-Mail Address: <input type="text" name="e-mail" size="30"><p>
Your Message: <textarea name="comment" ROWS=10 COLS=80></textarea> <p>
<center><input type="submit"> <input type="reset"></center>
</form>
Is there a different type of something I should use for the method so I get the full results, instead of this un-openable (if thats a word) file?
That file is openable. It is a simple text file. Open it in Notepad and you can see the results. If you want something more readable then you will have to use a script to process the form and mail the results to you in the body of a message. These scripts are quite common and chances are your host already has one you can use. Even free servers like geocities offer form processing.
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