Host Embed Submit PDF Form Online

I have been scouring the web and apparently I am either asking for something that cannot be done.. or I am terrible at searching. That being said, I was not sure which forum this would best go under so feel free to redirect me as needed.
A client gave me a PDF file (Application for Employment) which has been setup with fields and is Reader Enabled. I would like to host it on their website with a link which preferably takes them to the pdf form embedded in their browser. Then they would ideally be able to fill out the PDF form and click a submit button which would then send it to an email address. I would prefer not to do a mailto solution to avoid the users personal email.
It seems like Adobe eludes to them hosting this functionality, but I can't pin that down. I have also found the website FormRouter which appears to do what we want.. but for a much higher price than we are willing to pay for something that will be accessed once or twice a month.
Thanks in advance,
Matt

On the license, it all depends on the volume that is expected and you should read the EULA for clarification. Better safe than sorry.
If they sent you the form and it is already set for submission (that would be a property of the submit button and depends on if the form is an Acrobat form -- tools menu -- or a Designer form -- forms menu), then all you would need to do is put a standard link into the web site. The form would open in Reader or Acrobat and the client would proceed. The details of the process all depend on what your customer has asked you to do. If it is a submission process, then you would need to modify the PDF.
In any case, even with the PDF embedded (for browsers where possible), the file is basically opening in Reader, Acrobat, or the browser plugin that is loaded by these -- basically opening the PDF in an Adobe product, not really in the browser as such. The actions are then whatever that viewing product is capable of.
My comments were to flag a warning of the process, the potential use of data submission (not requiring enabling the Reader), and the pitfalls of e-mail submission. The latter should really be left to submissions within a controlled environment where you can control the setup of the client e-mail system. In the past MAPI has been required on the user system. Apparently an additional process has been added with AA9, but is subject to lots of problems. There are apparently problems on MACs also, and I don't even know what those are. The only "sure" submission is to a web script. Unfortunately, Adobe has suggested the e-mail (mailto:) submission since AA7, without clarifying the pitfalls. Folks write a form and then have problems, coming here for us to explain what the problem was and the e-mail submission is not recommended for general use. Actually, mailto submission of forms in HTML is subject to a lot of problems also and is generally not recommended in the HTML community for the same reason -- browser problems or variations. I am just providing a warning, the choice is yours. It might work most of the time. When it does not, how much do you expect the customer to come back and blame it all on you!

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Yes, I agree that there is less reason for it to be a PDF form (Actually, no real reason other than the original form already exists in PDF), but I am unfortunately in the position that my input in this project is not necessarily being considered (my company is following direct -and inconsistent- directions from the client, and I have no contact with the client to ask questions about what their actual needs are). I have been told to give the client the 'Tomato' that they are asking for, even though they are describing an 'Apple'.
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submit pdf form data to sql database
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