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Glossary of Terms Form To e-Mail Script

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A web form to e-mail script is a simple mechanism to process a web form by turning the information submited into an e-mail. Web forms can be nice features on a web site. However, they require some level of programming on the server to handle the submitted information. A form to e-mail script is an inexpensive way of handling the data by writing it into an e-mail and sending it to a recipient.

We recommend two pre-built scripts for form processing, both are free.

  1. @-Manager Advanced multi-featured script. Does form-to-email but also stores submissions into a basic database. Has database admin for searching, editing, and bulk e-mail generation.

Form to e-Mail Tips

  • It is more professional to have a web form verse an e-mail link to direct your customer for input.
  • These scripts are so inexpensive, sometime even free, that all but the most budget minded site should implement them.