Hello all,

I want to build a simple CGI form that will capture user input and email it to me. My initial thought (or lack of thought!) was, "this should be easy", hence: 

MAIN:
{
    my $cgi = new CGI;
    print $cgi->header();
    
    my $html = qq|
        <form method="post" action="mailto:user\@host.com">
            <input type="text" name="blah">
    
            <input type="submit">
    
        </form>
    |;
    
    print $html;

}

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Of course, that works to one extent, but is not what I had in mind i.e., I want the content of the form to be directly mailed to me - not launch a prepopulated, local mail client.

I assume I need to use Mail::Sendmail or something similar. Any tips as to where to start? Thanks.

In reply to CGI form to email by ezekiel

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