Yes, we have a package called
FormMail
available on the CS Web server. For security reasons, the only allowable
recipient addresses are email addresses in the @cs.indiana.edu,
@extreme.indiana.edu, or @osl.iu.edu domains. The path to the cgi script is:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/CSFormMail.cgi
Here is a very simple html snippet that shows how you can use
FormMail:
<FORM ACTION="http://www.cs.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/CSFormMail.cgi" METHOD=POST>
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="subject" VALUE="Mail from FormMail">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="recipient" VALUE="YOUR_USERNAME_HERE@cs.indiana.edu">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="required" VALUE="email">
Email Address: <BR>
<INPUT TYPE=text NAME="email" SIZE=60>
<BR>
Comments: <BR>
<TEXTAREA NAME="Comments" ROWS=6 COLS=60></TEXTAREA>.
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE="Send Request">
<INPUT TYPE=reset VALUE="Clear Entries">
</FORM>
You are urged to see the
FormMail FAQ
for all the details of using FormMail.
Also note that, by default, your form will be accessible by anyone
so you can get anonymous email via this mechanism. There are a couple
things you can do to prevent abuse. First, you can protect the page
using the standard web-based access
control mechanisms
(by hostname/domain,
with a password, and
via network ID).
You can also have the email include additional information about the
sender of the email. For example, if you add the following
to your FORM definition:
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="env_report"
VALUE="REMOTE_HOST,REMOTE_ADDR,REMOTE_USER,HTTP_USER_AGENT">
the email will include the values of these environment variables. This will
tell you where the connection was made from (REMOTE_HOST,REMOTE_ADDR),
the web browser used (HTTP_USER_AGENT), and if you are requiring authentication
via network ID you will get the
username of the sender (REMOTE_USER).
