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1. pziecina,

Apr 16, 2012 1:06 PM in reply to Chris_Finlayson

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Chris_Finlayson wrote:

I've created a form, and I'd like to use the person's email address (which they enter in a field), as the reply address, so that the recipient of the form, can just hit reply to, and it will go to the person's email address.

Help!

Thanks
Chris

Hi Chris

The first thing I have to ask is why?

Most email clients automatically open the 'create new message' option when an email address is clicked on, (or reply to is selected) with the email address automatically inserted in the 'To' field.

PZ

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2. bregent,

Apr 16, 2012 1:49 PM in reply to Chris_Finlayson

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Sure, what form script are you currently using?

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3. Chris_Finlayson,

Apr 16, 2012 3:29 PM in reply to pziecina

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Hi PZ,

Actually it's not just a mailto: link that I'm talking about. I've created a <form> and want the email address that the visitor enters to become the reply-to. My web host is telling me that he's getting the reply-tos currently.

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4. Chris_Finlayson,

Apr 16, 2012 3:44 PM in reply to bregent

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Hi bregent,

It's just the script that is provided by my webhost.

From their documentation:

FormMail Clone is clone of Matt Wright's FormMail under a less restrictive license. It should behave almost exactly as FormMail.cgi, but is completely written from scratch, so there might be a few minor visual differences.

Chris

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5. bregent,

Apr 16, 2012 3:50 PM in reply to Chris_Finlayson

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What is the name of the form field where the visitor enters their email address?

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6. Chris_Finlayson,

Apr 16, 2012 4:08 PM in reply to bregent

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The field is just labled "Your Email Address" but the field name is actually "replyto". I could call it anything, but that's what it was set when I inherited it.

<input type="text" name="replyto"

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7. bregent,

Apr 16, 2012 4:11 PM in reply to Chris_Finlayson

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If it's a clone of Matts, then it should be named 'email'

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8. Chris_Finlayson,

Apr 16, 2012 4:37 PM in reply to bregent

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Yes, I understand it is a clone of Matt's. So if I rename the field should it automatically pick it up?

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9. bregent,

Apr 16, 2012 5:07 PM in reply to Chris_Finlayson

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Yep, it should.

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10. Chris_Finlayson,

Apr 16, 2012 5:12 PM in reply to bregent

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And... IT IS!!!

thanks for your help!

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How do I use a form field as the reply to address?

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