>Do you know where in the file system you are letting the web-server user open/create the file 'maillist'? Make sure that the location is writable, and the path to it is executable for this user. --shmem


This is the input form of the starting html page(I changed the server name and my folder name here). I think all the created files should be stored into cgi-bin/chap09. I tested and tested, but I could not create files into cgi-bin/chap09. 
<!band.html>
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Jeffrey Sikes Band</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR=silver>
<H1><IMG SRC="band.gif" ALIGN=middle HSPACE=5>The Jeffrey Sikes Band</
+H1>
<FORM ACTION="https://(servername)/(myfolder)/cgi-bin/chap09/band.cgi"
+ METHOD=POST>
<FONT SIZE=4>
We play the blues like you have never heard before. Sign up on our
mailing list to receive a free monthly newsletter that tells you
when and where we will be playing during the month.
<P>Name: <INPUT TYPE=text NAME=Name>&nbsp;&nbsp;
E-mail address: <INPUT TYPE=text NAME=Email></P>
<INPUT TYPE=submit Name=Button VALUE="Put Me On Your Mailing List">
<INPUT TYPE=submit Name=Button VALUE="Remove Me From Your Mailing List
+">
</FONT></FORM></BODY></HTML>

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in thread I can't connect to DBM Databases by fromjp

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