Creating email forms

Hey, i have dreamweaver 8 and ive been making a site for a
while now and all along ive been using an online form maker..b ut i
want to make my own. Ive made the form and set the properties to
action: mailto:[email protected]
method: GET
enctype:text/plain
I saved it.. and then tested it, but it sends it in outlook!
How can i make it so it sends it straight from the page with out
using any other software to send... thanks!

Sorry i double posted! Please use the post above this one,
thanks.

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I am using one of the Adobe cookbooks to create an email form for my flash website. I am SO close to getting this right and need some help! I used the AS3 code below as well as the PHP code below in order to create the email form. Everything seems to be working fine, that is until I try to send an email using the form. When I input all of the text into the form, I get the actionscript default warning I wrote that states "Oh no! Something is wrong! Try again..." Hence the email will not send. What could be wrong with the script? Or does it matter where I file the PHP file, my swf file, html file, and my fla file? I tried several combinations of filing everything together, seperate, and everything in between. Help! And thanks for anyone who can help!
ACTIONSCRIPT CODE USED:
stop();
Buttons
sendbtn.buttonMode = true;
sendbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, submit);
resetbtn.buttonMode = true;
resetbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, reset);
Variables needed
var timer:Timer; var varLoad:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest( "mail.php" );
urlRequest.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
Functions
function init():void{
//Set all fields to empty
yourName.text = "";
fromEmail.text = "";
yourSubject.text = "";
YourMsg.text = "";
function submit(e:MouseEvent):void{
//Check to see if any of the fields are empty
if( yourName.text == "" || fromEmail.text == "" ||
yourSubject.text == "" ||YourMsg.text == "" )
{ valid.text = "All fields need to be filled.";
//Check if you're using a valid email address
else if( !checkEmail(fromEmail.text) )
{ valid.text = "Enter a valid email address"; }
else { valid.text = "Sending over the internet...";
var emailData:String = "name="
+ yourName.text + "&from="
+ fromEmail.text + "&subject="
+ yourSubject.text + "&msg=" + YourMsg.text;
var urlVars:URLVariables = new URLVariables(emailData);
urlVars.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT;
urlRequest.data = urlVars; varLoad.load( urlRequest );
varLoad.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, thankYou );
function reset(e:MouseEvent):void{
init(); //call the initial clear function
function checkEmail(s:String):Boolean {
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var p:RegExp = /(\w|[_.\-])+@((\w|-)+\.)+\w{2,4}+/; var
r:Object = p.exec(s);
if( r == null ) {
return false;
return true;
function thankYou(e:Event):void {
var loader:URLLoader =
URLLoader(e.target);
var sent = new
URLVariables(loader.data).sentStatus; if( sent == "yes" )
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timer = new Timer(500);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, msgSent);
timer.start();
else {
valid.text = "Oh no! Something is wrong! Try again..."; }
function msgSent(te:TimerEvent):void {
if( timer.currentCount >= 10 ) { init();
timer.removeEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, msgSent);
PHP CODE USED
<?php $yourName = $_POST['name'];
$fromEmail = $_POST['from'];
$yourSubject = $yourSubject = $_POST['subject'];
$YourMsg = $_POST['msg'];
if( $yourName == true ) { $sender = $fromEmail; $yourEmail ="[email protected]"; (I have changed this to my email address, although not given in example)
$ipAddress = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$emailMsg = "$ipAddress \n$yourName \n$sender
\n\n$YourMsg
\n\n\n--Memo for myself--";$return = "From: $sender\r\n" .
"Reply-To:$sender \r\n" ."X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();
if( mail( $yourEmail, "$yourSubject", $emailMsg, $return
echo "sentStatus=yes"; }
else { echo "sentStatus=no"; } }
{ $sender = $fromEmail; $yourEmail ="$fromEmail";
$emailMsg = "\n\n\n--Memo for the sender. i.e. this is a copy of message you sent me.--
\n\n$yourName \n$sender
\n$YourMsg \n";$return = "From: $sender\r\n" .
"Reply-To:$sender \r\n" ."X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();
if( mail( $yourEmail, "$yourSubject", $emailMsg, $return
echo "sentStatus=yes"; }
else { echo "sentStatus=no"; } }
?>

It may be indeed a problem of your server rsp. how it handles security issues and relative path-linking.
You wrote: "Or does it matter where I file the PHP file, my swf file, html file, and my fla file..." I suppose you mean where to put all the files.
1.Its a good beginners choice to put all the files you need (swf, html, php you don`t need the fla file on ) in the same directory of your server.
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Hi chuck,
If you ave created the form and then filling it yourself and saving the form, the filled data should be there when you reopen the same form.
Can you please send the form to me at [email protected] so that I can have a look.
Regards,
Rave

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What I am using:
=============
* Adobe Acrobat Pro XI; however, I have a lot of users using Adobe Reader.
* Yahoo! email
What I am trying to do:
==================
Send the data from a completed pdf to an email address via webmail.
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===========
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What Isn't Working:
===============
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Message was edited by: Allanfrance

Hello
I checked the services other members posted. All looks cool, but I would recommend you if you are interested to create this form yourself.
My idea is to create a predesigned form, converted to your needs and post it on the web then use simply an iframe to display at your iweb.
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