Greetings. My first supplication follows:
This form should subcribe an EMAIL to my ezmlm news list.

<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.afoto.com/cgi-bin/boo/amail.cgi">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="ELIST" VALUE="news-subscribe@afoto.com">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="EMAIL">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" value="SEND">
</FORM>

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Here is the snippet from `amail.cgi' that forwards the request: 

.....
$email= $in{'EMAIL'};
$mserv= $in{'ELIST'};
........
&sendmail($mserv, $email, $subjekt, $bodd);
..........

sub  sendmail
{
    my($to, $from, $subject,  $body) = @_;
            
        open (MAIL, "|$sendmail_loc -t -oi") || &err_trap("Can't open 
+$sendmail_loc!\n");
        print MAIL "To: $to\n";
        print MAIL "From: $from\n";
        print MAIL "Subject: $subject\n";
        print MAIL "$body\n";        
        close MAIL;
        
return 1;
}

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It works, but only "sort of", and I can't see why. I'm new to Perl, feeling stupid.
There must be something obvious I'm overlooking.
1. If I pass a normal email address into the $to varible, then mail gets sent.
2. If I send a "manual" request for subscription to the list, it responds fine.
3. Possibly it also gets sent the way it is above, but the ezmlm list does not respond.

I'm at my feeble wits' end, and sure would appreciate any hints or help!
Dagfinn
Volda, Norway, where trolls dance on the telephonewires

In reply to form+subscription+Perl+sendmail = TROLL by vnomad

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