Fillable Forms Frustration

I created a survey form in Adobe Designer and added the "Submit by Email" button. It asks you to put in the email address you want your form to be sent to. I put in mailto:[email protected] as it was suggested. However, it doesn't work. When I fill it out myself and try to send it, it asks me to either print or save it, but doesn't send it. What am I doing wrong?
Also, I want to post this form to a web-site when I figure this out. Can I just upload it and have it work?
Thanks!

You should ask the question in the LiveCycle forum for Designer to get a good answer. Are you completing the form in Acrobat or Reader? If in Reader, are you submitting the data (XML typical) or the full PDF (not really needed)? For the PDF you must enable User Rights with Reader. There may also be an issue with your machine setup. The local machine has to be setup properly to be able to do e-mail form Acrobat or Reader.

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