Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 21:28:20 +0300 From: "Iantcho Vassilev" <ianchov@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cgi email using /usr/bin/mail Message-ID: <18e02bd30605011128h7c63aeecmc6700a0f7db75efa@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <B63914F5-D893-4135-8FE1-8B2BDC3EF1AA@charter.net> References: <B63914F5-D893-4135-8FE1-8B2BDC3EF1AA@charter.net>
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Just search for ready to use "contact us" form(there is a php and a perl version). If you don`t have experience with executing system binaries through cgi socket i suggest you leave the programming work because even this is such a simple task it can make you regret. On 5/1/06, Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> wrote: > > Hello, > I have a 6.1-PRERELEASE box which is running Apache 2.2 on my home lan. > The machine's name is 'moe.local'. > I have a DynDNS.com account, with the domain name > 'bubbabbq.homeunix.net'. > > I want to add a form to the website where users can send me an email. > I've looked at FormMail.pl and cgiemail (from MIT). > It seems that FormMail has too many security holes, and cgiemail > won't work because sendmail is only configured to deliver mail to > local accounts. > > I would prefer to write a cgi script using /usr/bin/mail, and I was > wondering if anyone had any experience doing this, or could tell me > about any security risks. > My research didn't turn up much at all. > > Thanks! > -- > Tall Tales R Us! - Bubba's Blog - > http://bubbabbq.homeunix.net/blog.html > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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