FormMail Problems - Please help!

Posted by Riptide on April 21, 2005, 7:19 am

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I just uploaded a form on a VPS server I have from Interland. I
downloaded and installed FormMail on the server in the cgi-bin
directory, made my changes to the form and then made my changes to the
html form. Yet, I still get a server error. Being new at this,I'm
almost sure my path is not correct, but don't know what to do to
correct it. Could someone PLEEEEESE give me some direction?

I used "Fetch" for the Mac to upload the FormMail.pl into my cgi-bin.
Here's what my path looks like:

File Path: ftp://usr122057130:@sumnergroup.com/%2fusr/local/www/vhosts/
dbcfoundation.org/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl

Here is the info I entered on the FormMail form:

$mailprog = '/usr/sbin/sendmail -i -t -f
rbyrum@sumnergroup.com';

@referers = ('dbcfoundation.org','216.122.57.130');

Here is the info I entered on the html form:

<form action="http://dbcfoundation.org/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl"
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Okay - let me have it - WHAT DID I DO WRONG???

Posted by saz on April 21, 2005, 9:47 am

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reggie@nauticacommunications.com says...
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Check that it's in the cgi-bin, check the name of the .pl file that if
you use caps for the F and M, the file is called the same, make sure you
set formmail.pl permissions to 755, and as a last resort rename the file
to .cgi to see if that helps.

Posted by GreyWyvern on April 21, 2005, 10:47 am

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And lo, Riptide didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:

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See two obvious items above (with your email address kindly altered).

Hint: don't use FormMail, use something else:
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Form-to-email is one of the easiest server-side programming projects to
do; most people taking a programming course end up making one as part of
the curriculum. Use one that hardly anyone else uses. That way you're
not likely to become a target of crackers taking advantage of widely-used
scripts with security holes.

Grey

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Posted by William Tasso on April 21, 2005, 3:41 pm

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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:19:36 +0100, Riptide

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That is a very poor form mail script. Lose it immediately and start again
with one that doesn't reveal how to hijack itself.

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