#the email part of the CGI
...
Country: $param{country}
...
#sub to create HTML pull down
sub generateCountries{
  my (@all_countries, $HTML_String);
open(FILE, "<countries.txt") or die "cannot read file";
   while(<FILE>){
      if(/(.*):(.*)/i){ 
        push @all_countries, $1;
      }
  }
  my $HTML_String = "\t" . '<select name = "country">
        <option name="country" value="">-- Select a Country --</option>';
  for(my $i = 0; $i < $#all_countries; $i++){
         $HTML_String .= "\t\t" . '<option value = "' . $all_countries[$i] . '">' . $all_countries[$i] . "</option>\n";
 }
  $HTML_String .= "\t</select>";
  return $HTML_String;

#the HTML form call to CGI that prints pull down
<td> Country:</td><td colspan='2'>        
<?pp:CALL:ALL_COUNTRIES?></td></td>