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lenny44
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How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 10/22/2004 8:35:43
I just created a form for my website using Frontpage. I built the form using the form building template. I wanted the results of the form sent to my e-mail as opposed to saving to a file. The website is being hosted through godaddy.com
I changed the line of the Form Method to the following
<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:XXXXX@141.com">
the XXXXX is where my e-mail ID is.
Everything worked fine except when the e-mail arrived in my in box it was a postdata.att file. I had trouble reading it so I pointed it Frontpage. Frontpage went to open the file and then needed to go to the install disk to get another plugin (which it did).
I can now read the file but it is in one looooong string with the "&" character separating the various lines in my form except as mentioned it is in one long string.
Is there a way to convert the .att to a file I can ready more easily or is there an HTML change I should make to format and send as a different filetype.
My HTML experience is very very limited that is why I use Frontpage. I can see all of the HTML and I am somewhat comfortable changing some of the lines.
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Larry M.
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 10/22/2004 13:30:50
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I changed the line of the Form Method
lenny44,
If you built the Reply Form properly, nothing needs to be changed - FrontPage will insert all necessary code.
The steps are: >>Insert >>Form >>Form. Right Click the Submit Button >>Form Properties >>Input your email address where indicated, answer NO to the drop down box, >>Save >>File >>Publish Site (not FTP). The Reply Form is a FrontPage Component and, as such, requires installation of FrontPage extensions on your GoDaddy server to operate properly.
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lenny44
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 10/22/2004 15:05:37
Thanks for the reply Larry. Let me provide a little more information to see if I am describing my problem.
I purchased a 10 page website from godaddy.com for a Holiday business that we run. Their basic templates were fine for all of my information pages. Their "Contact Us' page really did not work for us.
I needed to have a form that my customers fill out that asks 20 or so questions. Things like, Name address, kids names, school kids attend, pets names etc. The godaddy from could not be modified. I did find out that I could add my own HTML to the pages. I then went to FrontPage and used the "Form Template Builder" and built all of my questions. I then added (actually changed) the one line of code that would allow (hopefully) the form to be sent to my e-mail. The line I changed was FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:XXXXX@141.com">. I then saved my HTML, published my page/site. I then went to the page on my site and the form worked great. I filled info into all of the boxes and clicked the submit button at the bottom, It then sent an e-mail to me that had an attachment called postdata.att. I clicked on that file in my e-mail (outlook express) and it did not know how to open it. I then attempted to open it with FrontPage. FrontPage needed an extension off of AP professional (which it went and got). It gave me several option on how to open the file (text, html) and things like paragraph type etc. It seems that no matter which ones of those I use the output remains the same.
Here is a small sample of the output:
Childs+Name+or+%28Nickname%29=Kimmy&Spell+Phonetically=&School+Child+Attends=Chesterfield+Elementary&What+Grade=3
This is presented as 1 long string.
I am not sure where my problem is:
1) Do I have something wrong when I created the form on FrontPage.
2) Is there a problem with godaddy accepting my FrontPage HTML.
3)Is my problem with the type of file being sent to my e-mail.
4)Am I opening it wrong or is there a plug in or program that I should be opening it with?
I just don't know where to go with it.
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Larry M.
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 10/22/2004 20:55:14
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The godaddy from could not be modified
lenny44,
I'm replying as a courtesy to put you on top of the que, so-to-speak.
Please post your URL and, hopefully, Dan, Dan, Dan, Bobby, Bobby, Charles and other expert coders will read and one will step in with a solution.
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 10/23/2004 11:25:01
lenny44,
Check the FrontPage Server Extensions. I'm sure that they are installed, or you wouldn't have received any response. However, they may need to be un-installed and reinstalled. Your hosting company may provide a control panel where you can do it, or you will have to ask them.
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lenny44
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 10/23/2004 13:31:00
Thanks to all that responded. I finally got it to work properly. Here is my final HTML line.
<form enctype="text/plain" method="post" action="mailto:lenny@141.com">.
The "enctype="test/plain" did the trick. I did not have that in the previous HTML line. I now get the information delivered in a readable manner directly to my e-mail address.
I am down to one last thing that I would like to clean up and I will most likely put up a new post. I need to figure out how after someone has submitted the form they can be sent to another page within my site that basically says that the form has been sent and thank you for the business. I don't know if this is possible because after they hit the submit button they are given to boxes that they need to rely to that basically asks them if they really want to continue sending the form. I don;t know how the timing of the redirect will be taken care of.
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 10/23/2004 17:58:46
Add this do your form tag:
onSubmit="location.href='confirmation.htm'();"
HTH
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 11/17/2004 18:37:09
frankt,
Welcome to the Outfront Forums!
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 10/5/2005 12:01:21
Just came across you info when I googled postdata.att. Thanks Guys, my survery problems are solved for now!
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ORIGINAL: Giomanach
Add this do your form tag:
onSubmit="location.href='confirmation.htm'();"
HTH
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 5/17/2006 0:36:33
I also ggogled postdata.att and found this forum. Thank goodness for it! I can now read the replies to my feedback form so I am very grateful I will be adding this site to my favourites.
However, I hadn't thought of having a confirmation page show up after the form is submitted so thank you Lenny44 for the idea. I enteres the quote:
onSubmit="location.href='confirmation.htm'();" on my form tag but it's not doing anything.
I created the confirmation page and saved and uploaded it but it's not going there. Any more ideas? My tag looks like this: <form enctype="text/plain" method="post" action="mailto:easybeading@bigpond.com" onSubmit="location.href='confirmation.htm'();">
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The_magus
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 2/20/2007 10:48:08
Dear Lenny44:
I am a bit worried about getting involved in this thread as there are some pretty experienced members involved already however I suggest you go to: http://www.webdevfaqs.com/php.php
I found my initial material there including a file entitled "mailer.php" which I used to send the form which I copied off another site and modified to suit my own needs.
I am not sure I understood the comment by Giomanach as I am not sure he actually created a file called something like "thank you.html" or not.
If you don't find what you need there you are welcome to copy the code from one of my forms and I will mail you the "mailer.php" - it's only 2 KB.
Cheers and enjoy.
Jack
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Lynne in Oregon
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 9/9/2007 18:31:05
Don't every delete this thread--I, too, googled postdata.att and found my answers here. Then I joined the forum, too.
Thank you from another newbie to webpage design.
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JohnZK
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RE: How to read postdata.att e-mail file - 1/1/2008 21:26:00
I too have now joined this site, as the subject is exactely what I required.
Thanks.
John
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