Interactive pdf won't work

I just made an interactive pdf using ID. I have a problem when I try to send it. When i press the button send I get the following message
"Error in server connection. Verify that port 993, on your machine is available for connection or contact your administrator..."
What could it be wrong?... I hope some of you can help me :-)

The mailto looks fine.
I tend to advise people against a mailto action. It's OK for testing/toys, it's OK for use among friends who have enough time to get it working, it's OK in some corporate settings where the email is centrally controlled.
Otherwise, it is just unsuitable for real world or commercial use. You've identified one reason why: it depends on whether your computer has an email client installed, set up and ready to go. In some cases, the submit can seem to succeed, but it goes into an unused Outbox, and is never seen.
Consider all the web pages you use with forms and buttons. These could submit to mailto: to. But they never, ever, do, because it just isn't suitable for real world use.
So any serious use of submit uses an http or https URL. The scripts (like all web scripts) must be prepared by a professional web programmer, fully up to date with the latest security issues, otherwise expect your server to be hacked, defaced, or used to send spam or store porn. It saddens me to say this, because it used to be an excellent introductory project, but too much is at stake.
You might ask yourself, why would I even use a PDF form, when it needs much the same work as an HTML form. Consider whether you need the extra features of PDF forms. What they AREN'T is a simpler alternative to HTML forms.

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