Form created in Pro. Unable to save in reader

Hello,
i've created a form in acrobat pro 9 (trial), and in 8 (no trail) which clients have to fill in and send back (pref. by e-maill).
Now i know this is possible with a button. But then the data is send back in xml format and the person who should import it doens't know how to do that.
So: what i want is this. Clients will fill in the form (in reader), they can save the filled in form and send the complete pdf back by e-mail.
Is this possible in reader? (no it isnt....), is there an extra option i need to use? Tell me: how can i arrange this...
Thanks in advance!
gr.
E. Brinkman
The Netherlands.
http://www.brinkman-media.nl

You need to enable the feature for people with Reader to save the form.
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