Finally...the script is so close to being done but I've run into another small problem. During a mailing if you print [name] in any of the fields it should replace it with the person's name from the db. It works fine in both the message and the signature field, it gives each of them their name. The problem is the $subject field, no matter who's turn it is to get emailed it will post the first name it finds in the db.

Example database: 

sulfericacid@qwest.net > Aaron Anderson
someone@overthere.com > Bill Nye
bigbird@bigyellowfeathers.net > Big Bird

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Each subject line with [name] in this case would print "Aaron Anderson" rather than that person's actual name. Can someone point out why this would happen?

I was also wondering if there was a nicer way to design tables with forms in CGI, this way works but it's a bit more complicated than I'd like to use.

Thanks everyone!!

"Age is nothing more than an inaccurate number bestowed upon us at birth as just another means for others to judge and classify us"

sulfericacid

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