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cgi form email script not working (404)

steed
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Registered: ‎12-08-2007

Re: cgi form email script not working (404)

Hi,
I have been trying to get this to work using the cgi webspace by following the suggestions in this thread, but I cannot get it to work.
Anyone know what I am doing wrong or if I am making some kind of silly mistake(s)?
Thanks.
This is what I have followed:
Got formmail.pl from Matt's script archive http://www.scriptarchive.com/download.cgi?s=formmail
Uploaded formmail.pl to my public/CGI-BIN folder, and set permission rwx--x--x
Edited the file to set @referers and @recipients as follows:
@referers = ('myplusnetname.plus.com');
@recipients = ('myname@yahoo.com');

The html form on the webpage located on my webspace www.myplusnetname.plus.com is:
<html>
<head>
<title>Make an Entry</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF">
<font face="Arial">
<form method="POST" action="http://ccgi.myplusnetname.plus.com/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl">
<input type=hidden name="recipient" value="myname@yahoo.com">
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="New Entry">
<input type=hidden name="realname">
  <dl>
    <dd>
      <table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0>
        <tr>
          <td align=right>Name:</td>
          <td><input type="text" size="40" name="Name"></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td align=right>Email:</td>
          <td><input type="text" size="40" name="Email"></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td align=right>Where are you from:</td>
          <td><input type="text" size="40" name="Where"></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td align=right>Comments:</td>
          <td><textarea name=Comments rows=8 cols=40 wrap=virtual></textarea></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td></td>
          <td><input type=submit value='Submit My Information'><input type=reset value=Clear></td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </dd>
  </dl>
</form>
<br>
</font>
</body>
</html>

When I fill in the form and submit it I get the following:

#!/usr/bin/perl ############################################################################## # FormMail Version 1.93 # # Copyright 1995-2009 Matt Wright mattw@scriptarchive.com # # Created 1995-06-09 Last Modified 2009-07-14 # # Matt's Script Archive, Inc.: http://www.scriptarchive.com/ # ############################################################################## # COPYRIGHT NOTICE # # Copyright 1995-2009 Matthew M. Wright All Rights Reserved. # # # # FormMail may be used and modified free of charge by anyone so long as this # # copyright notice and the comments above remain intact. By using this # # code you agree to indemnify Matthew M. Wright from any liability that # # might arise from its use. # # # # Selling the code for this program without prior written consent is # # expressly forbidden. In other words, please ask first before you try and # # make money off of my program. # # # # Obtain permission before redistributing this software over the Internet or # # in any other medium. In all cases copyright and header must remain intact. # ############################################################################## # ACCESS CONTROL FIX: Peter D. Thompson Yezek # # XSS + REDIRECT FIX: Francesco Ongaro, Giovanni Pellerano & Antonio Parata # # v1.93 http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-formmail_192/adv.txt # ############################################################################## # Define Variables # # Detailed Information Found In README File. # # $mailprog defines the location of your sendmail program on your unix # # system. The flags -i and -t should be passed to sendmail in order to # # have it ignore single dots on a line and to read message for recipients # $mailprog = '/usr/lib/sendmail -i -t'; # @referers allows forms to be located only on servers which are defined # # in this field. This is a security fix to prevent others from using your # # FormMail script on their web site. # @referers = ('scriptarchive.com','72.52.156.109','myplusnetname.plus.com'); # @recipients defines the e-mail addresses or domain names that e-mail can # # be sent to. This must be filled in correctly to prevent SPAM and allow # # valid addresses to receive e-mail. Read the documentation to find out how # # this variable works!!! It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. # @recipients = ('myname\@yahoo\.com'); # ACCESS CONTROL FIX: Peter D. Thompson Yezek # # @valid_ENV allows the sysadmin to define what environment variables can # # be reported via the env_report directive. This was implemented to fix # # the problem reported at http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1187 # @valid_ENV = ('REMOTE_HOST','REMOTE_ADDR','REMOTE_USER','HTTP_USER_AGENT'); # Done # ############################################################################## # Check Referring URL &check_url; # Retrieve Date &get_date; # Parse Form Contents &parse_form; # Check Required Fields &check_required; # Send E-Mail &send_mail; # Return HTML Page or Redirect User &return_html; # NOTE rev1.91: This function is no longer intended to stop abuse, that # # functionality is now embedded in the checks made on @recipients and the # # recipient form field. # sub check_url { # Localize the check_referer flag which determines if user is valid. # local($check_referer) = 0; # If a referring URL was specified, for each valid referer, make sure # # that a valid referring URL was passed to FormMail. # if ($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}) { foreach $referer (@referers) { if ($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} =~ m|https?://([^/]*)$referer|i) { $check_referer = 1; last; } } } else { $check_referer = 1; } # If the HTTP_REFERER was invalid, send back an error. # if ($check_referer != 1) { &error('bad_referer') } } sub get_date { # Define arrays for the day of the week and month of the year. # @days = ('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday', 'Thursday','Friday','Saturday'); @months = ('January','February','March','April','May','June','July', 'August','September','October','November','December'); # Get the current time and format the hour, minutes and seconds. Add # # 1900 to the year to get the full 4 digit year. # ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday) = (localtime(time))[0,1,2,3,4,5,6]; $time = sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d",$hour,$min,$sec); $year += 1900; # Format the date. # $date = "$days[$wday], $months[$mon] $mday, $year at $time"; } sub parse_form { # Define the configuration associative array. # %Config = ('recipient','', 'subject','', 'email','', 'realname','', 'redirect','', 'bgcolor','', 'background','', 'link_color','', 'vlink_color','', 'text_color','', 'alink_color','', 'title','', 'sort','', 'print_config','', 'required','', 'env_report','', 'return_link_title','', 'return_link_url','', 'print_blank_fields','', 'missing_fields_redirect',''); # Determine the form's REQUEST_METHOD (GET or POST) and split the form # # fields up into their name-value pairs. If the REQUEST_METHOD was # # not GET or POST, send an error. # if ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'GET') { # Split the name-value pairs @pairs = split(/&/, $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}); } elsif ($ENV{'REQUEST_METHOD'} eq 'POST') { # Get the input read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'}); # Split the name-value pairs @pairs = split(/&/, $buffer); } else { &error('request_method'); } # For each name-value pair: # foreach $pair (@pairs) { # Split the pair up into individual variables. # local($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair); # Decode the form encoding on the name and value variables. # # v1.92: remove null bytes # $name =~ tr/+/ /; $name =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg; $name =~ tr/\0//d; $value =~ tr/+/ /; $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg; $value =~ tr/\0//d; # If the field name has been specified in the %Config array, it will # # return a 1 for defined($Config{$name}}) and we should associate # # this value with the appropriate configuration variable. If this # # is not a configuration form field, put it into the associative # # array %Form, appending the value with a ', ' if there is already a # # value present. We also save the order of the form fields in the # # @Field_Order array so we can use this order for the generic sort. # if (defined($Config{$name})) { $Config{$name} = $value; } else { if ($Form{$name} ne '') { $Form{$name} = "$Form{$name}, $value"; } else { push(@Field_Order,$name); $Form{$name} = $value; } } } # The next six lines remove any extra spaces or new lines from the # # configuration variables, which may have been caused if your editor # # wraps lines after a certain length or if you used spaces between field # # names or environment variables. # $Config{'required'} =~ s/(\s+|\n)?,(\s+|\n)?/,/g; $Config{'required'} =~ s/(\s+)?\n+(\s+)?//g; $Config{'env_report'} =~ s/(\s+|\n)?,(\s+|\n)?/,/g; $Config{'env_report'} =~ s/(\s+)?\n+(\s+)?//g; $Config{'print_config'} =~ s/(\s+|\n)?,(\s+|\n)?/,/g; $Config{'print_config'} =~ s/(\s+)?\n+(\s+)?//g; # Split the configuration variables into individual field names. # @Required = split(/,/,$Config{'required'}); @Env_Report = split(/,/,$Config{'env_report'}); @Print_Config = split(/,/,$Config{'print_config'}); # ACCESS CONTROL FIX: Only allow ENV variables in @valid_ENV in # # @Env_Report for security reasons. # foreach $env_item (@Env_Report) { foreach $valid_item (@valid_ENV) { if ( $env_item eq $valid_item ) { push(@temp_array, $env_item) } } } @Env_Report = @temp_array; } sub check_required { # Localize the variables used in this subroutine. # local($require, @error); # The following insures that there were no newlines in any fields which # # will be used in the header. # if ($Config{'subject'} =~ /(\n|\r)/m || $Config{'email'} =~ /(\n|\r)/m || $Config{'realname'} =~ /(\n|\r)/m || $Config{'recipient'} =~ /(\n|\r)/m) { &error('invalid_headers'); } # Fix XSS + HTTP Header Injection for v1.93 foreach $lfield ('redirect', 'return_link_url') { # Strip new lines $Config{$lfield} =~ s/(\n|\r)//mg; # Only allow certain handlers to avoid javascript:/data: tricks if ($Config{$lfield} !~ /^\s*\// && $Config{$lfield} !~ /^\s*(http|https|ftp):\/\//) { $Config{$lfield} = ''; } } if (!$Config{'recipient'}) { if (!defined(%Form)) { &error('bad_referer') } else { &error('no_recipient') } } else { # This block of code requires that the recipient address end with # # a valid domain or e-mail address as defined in @recipients. # foreach $send_to (split(/,/,$Config{'recipient'})) { foreach $recipient (@recipients) { if ($send_to =~ /$recipient$/i) { push(@send_to,$send_to); last; } } } if ($#send_to < 0) { &error('no_recipient') } $Config{'recipient'} = join(',',@send_to); } # For each require field defined in the form: # foreach $require (@Required) { # If the required field is the email field, the syntax of the email # # address if checked to make sure it passes a valid syntax. # if ($require eq 'email' && !&check_email($Config{$require})) { push(@error,$require); } # Otherwise, if the required field is a configuration field and it # # has no value or has been filled in with a space, send an error. # elsif (defined($Config{$require})) { if ($Config{$require} eq '') { push(@error,$require); } } # If it is a regular form field which has not been filled in or # # filled in with a space, flag it as an error field. # elsif (!defined($Form{$require}) || $Form{$require} eq '') { push(@error,$require); } } # If any error fields have been found, send error message to the user. # if (@error) { &error('missing_fields', @error) } } sub return_html { # Local variables used in this subroutine initialized. # local($key,$sort_order,$sorted_field); # Now that we have finished using form values for any e-mail related # # reasons, we will convert all of the form fields and config values # # to remove any cross-site scripting security holes. # local($field); foreach $field (keys %Config) { $safeConfig{$field} = &clean_html($Config{$field}); } foreach $field (keys %Form) { $Form{$field} = &clean_html($Form{$field}); } # If redirect option is used, print the redirectional location header. # if ($Config{'redirect'}) { print "Location: $safeConfig{'redirect'}\n\n"; } # Otherwise, begin printing the response page. # else { # Print HTTP header and opening HTML tags. # print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print "\n \n"; # Print out title of page # if ($Config{'title'}) { print "\n" } else { print "\n" } print " \n \n
\n"; # Print custom or generic title. # if ($Config{'title'}) { print "
$safeConfig{'title'}
\n" } else { print "
Thank You For Filling Out This Form
\n" } print "
\n"; print "Below is what you submitted to $safeConfig{'recipient'} on "; print "$date
\n"; # If a sort order is specified, sort the form fields based on that. # if ($Config{'sort'} =~ /^order:.*,.*/) { # Set the temporary $sort_order variable to the sorting order, # # remove extraneous line breaks and spaces, remove the order: # # directive and split the sort fields into an array. # $sort_order = $Config{'sort'}; $sort_order =~ s/(\s+|\n)?,(\s+|\n)?/,/g; $sort_order =~ s/(\s+)?\n+(\s+)?//g; $sort_order =~ s/order://; @sorted_fields = split(/,/, $sort_order); # For each sorted field, if it has a value or the print blank # # fields option is turned on print the form field and value. # foreach $sorted_field (@sorted_fields) { local $sfname = &clean_html($sorted_field); if ($Config{'print_blank_fields'} || $Form{$sorted_field} ne '') { print "$sfname: $Form{$sorted_field}
\n"; } } } # Otherwise, use the order the fields were sent, or alphabetic. # else { # Sort alphabetically if requested. if ($Config{'sort'} eq 'alphabetic') { @Field_Order = sort @Field_Order; } # For each form field, if it has a value or the print blank # # fields option is turned on print the form field and value. # foreach $field (@Field_Order) { local $fname = &clean_html($field); if ($Config{'print_blank_fields'} || $Form{$field} ne '') { print "$fname: $Form{$field}
\n"; } } } print "
\n"; # Check for a Return Link and print one if found. # if ($Config{'return_link_url'} && $Config{'return_link_title'}) { print "
\n"; print "
$safeConfig{'return_link_title'}\n"; print "
\n"; } # Print the page footer. # print <<"(END HTML FOOTER)";
FormMail V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright
A Free Product of Matt's Script Archive, Inc.
(END HTML FOOTER) } } sub send_mail { # Localize variables used in this subroutine. # local($print_config,$key,$sort_order,$sorted_field,$env_report); # Open The Mail Program open(MAIL,"|$mailprog"); print MAIL "To: $Config{'recipient'}\n"; print MAIL "From: $Config{'email'} ($Config{'realname'})\n"; # Check for Message Subject if ($Config{'subject'}) { print MAIL "Subject: $Config{'subject'}\n\n" } else { print MAIL "Subject: WWW Form Submission\n\n" } print MAIL "Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by\n"; print MAIL "$Config{'realname'} ($Config{'email'}) on $date\n"; print MAIL "-" x 75 . "\n\n"; if (@Print_Config) { foreach $print_config (@Print_Config) { if ($Config{$print_config}) { print MAIL "$print_config: $Config{$print_config}\n\n"; } } } # If a sort order is specified, sort the form fields based on that. # if ($Config{'sort'} =~ /^order:.*,.*/) { # Remove extraneous line breaks and spaces, remove the order: # # directive and split the sort fields into an array. # local $sort_order = $Config{'sort'}; $sort_order =~ s/(\s+|\n)?,(\s+|\n)?/,/g; $sort_order =~ s/(\s+)?\n+(\s+)?//g; $sort_order =~ s/order://; @sorted_fields = split(/,/, $sort_order); # For each sorted field, if it has a value or the print blank # # fields option is turned on print the form field and value. # foreach $sorted_field (@sorted_fields) { if ($Config{'print_blank_fields'} || $Form{$sorted_field} ne '') { print MAIL "$sorted_field: $Form{$sorted_field}\n\n"; } } } # Otherwise, print fields in order they were sent or alphabetically. # else { # Sort alphabetically if specified: # if ($Config{'sort'} eq 'alphabetic') { @Field_Order = sort @Field_Order; } # For each form field, if it has a value or the print blank # # fields option is turned on print the form field and value. # foreach $field (@Field_Order) { if ($Config{'print_blank_fields'} || $Form{$field} ne '') { print MAIL "$field: $Form{$field}\n\n"; } } } print MAIL "-" x 75 . "\n\n"; # Send any specified Environment Variables to recipient. # foreach $env_report (@Env_Report) { if ($ENV{$env_report}) { print MAIL "$env_report: $ENV{$env_report}\n"; } } close (MAIL); } sub check_email { # Initialize local email variable with input to subroutine. # $email = $_[0]; # If the e-mail address contains: # if ($email =~ /(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(@\.)|(\.@)|(^\.)/ || # the e-mail address contains an invalid syntax. Or, if the # # syntax does not match the following regular expression pattern # # it fails basic syntax verification. # $email !~ /^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z0-9]+)(\]?)$/) { # Basic syntax requires: one or more characters before the @ sign, # # followed by an optional '[', then any number of letters, numbers, # # dashes or periods (valid domain/IP characters) ending in a period # # and then 2 or 3 letters (for domain suffixes) or 1 to 3 numbers # # (for IP addresses). An ending bracket is also allowed as it is # # valid syntax to have an email address like: user@[255.255.255.0] # # Return a false value, since the e-mail address did not pass valid # # syntax. # return 0; } else { # Return a true value, e-mail verification passed. # return 1; } } # This was added into v1.91 to further secure the recipients array. Now, by # # default it will assume that valid recipients include only users with # # usernames A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _ and - that match your domain exactly. If this # # is not what you want, you should read more detailed instructions regarding # # the configuration of the @recipients variable in the documentation. # sub fill_recipients { local(@domains) = @_; local($domain,@return_recips); foreach $domain (@domains) { if ($domain =~ /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/) { $domain =~ s/\./\\\./g; push(@return_recips,'^[\w\-\.]+\@\[' . $domain . '\]'); } else { $domain =~ s/\./\\\./g; $domain =~ s/\-/\\\-/g; push(@return_recips,'^[\w\-\.]+\@' . $domain); } } return @return_recips; } # This function will convert <, >, & and " to their HTML equivalents. # sub clean_html { local $value = $_[0]; $value =~ s/\&/\&/g; $value =~ s//\>/g; $value =~ s/"/\"/g; return $value; } sub body_attributes { # Check for Background Color if ($Config{'bgcolor'}) { print " bgcolor=\"$safeConfig{'bgcolor'}\"" } # Check for Background Image if ($Config{'background'}) { print " background=\"$safeConfig{'background'}\"" } # Check for Link Color if ($Config{'link_color'}) { print " link=\"$safeConfig{'link_color'}\"" } # Check for Visited Link Color if ($Config{'vlink_color'}) { print " vlink=\"$safeConfig{'vlink_color'}\"" } # Check for Active Link Color if ($Config{'alink_color'}) { print " alink=\"$safeConfig{'alink_color'}\"" } # Check for Body Text Color if ($Config{'text_color'}) { print " text=\"$safeConfig{'text_color'}\"" } } sub error { # Localize variables and assign subroutine input. # local($error,@error_fields) = @_; local($host,$missing_field,$missing_field_list); if ($error eq 'bad_referer') { if ($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} =~ m|^https?://([\w\.]+)|i) { $host = $1; my $referer = &clean_html($ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}); print <<"(END ERROR HTML)"; Content-type: text/html
Bad Referrer - Access Denied
The form attempting to use FormMail resides at $referer, which is not allowed to access this cgi script.
If you are attempting to configure FormMail to run with this form, you need to add the following to \@referers, explained in detail in the README file.
Add '$host' to your \@referers array.
FormMail V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright
A Free Product of Matt's Script Archive, Inc.
(END ERROR HTML) } else { print <<"(END ERROR HTML)"; Content-type: text/html
FormMail
Copyright 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright
Version 1.93 - Released June 25, 2009
A Free Product of Matt's Script Archive, Inc.
(END ERROR HTML) } } elsif ($error eq 'request_method') { print <<"(END ERROR HTML)"; Content-type: text/html
Error: Request Method
The Request Method of the Form you submitted did not match either GET or POST. Please check the form and make sure the method= statement is in upper case and matches GET or POST.
FormMail V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright
A Free Product of Matt's Script Archive, Inc.
(END ERROR HTML) } elsif ($error eq 'no_recipient') { print <<"(END ERROR HTML)"; Content-type: text/html
Error: Bad/No Recipient
There was no recipient or an invalid recipient specified in the data sent to FormMail. Please make sure you have filled in the recipient form field with an e-mail address that has been configured in \@recipients. More information on filling in recipient form fields and variables can be found in the README file.
FormMail V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright
A Free Product of Matt's Script Archive, Inc.
(END ERROR HTML) } elsif ($error eq 'invalid_headers') { print <<"(END ERROR HTML)"; Content-type: text/html
Error: Bad Header Fields
The header fields, which include recipient, email, realname and subject were filled in with invalid values. You may not include any newline characters in these parameters. More information on filling in these form fields and variables can be found in the README file.
FormMail V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright
A Free Product of Matt's Script Archive, Inc.
(END ERROR HTML) } elsif ($error eq 'missing_fields') { if ($Config{'missing_fields_redirect'}) { print "Location: " . &clean_html($Config{'missing_fields_redirect'}) . "\n\n"; } else { foreach $missing_field (@error_fields) { $missing_field_list .= "
" . &clean_html($missing_field) . "\n"; } print <<"(END ERROR HTML)"; Content-type: text/html
Error: Blank Fields
The following fields were left blank in your submission form:
$missing_field_list
These fields must be filled in before you can successfully submit the form.
Please use your browser's back button to return to the form and try again.
FormMail V1.93 © 1995 - 2009 Matt Wright
A Free Product of Matt's Script Archive, Inc.
bobpullen
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Re: cgi form email script not working (404)

It sounds to me like the /public/CGI-BIN/ is not configured to execute Perl scripts. Try one of the following:
1. Create an htaccess file in /public/CGI-BIN/ containing:
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

2. If there's no PHP in your CGI-BIN, then copy the contents of the directory to /cgi-bin in the root of your webspace, locate the .htacess file in the root and comment out or delete the lines that rewrite /cgi-bin requests to /public/CGI-BIN
Bit more info here.

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steed
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Re: cgi form email script not working (404)

Quote from: Bob
It sounds to me like the /public/CGI-BIN/ is not configured to execute Perl scripts. Try one of the following:
1. Create an htaccess file in /public/CGI-BIN/ containing:
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

Hi Bob,
Thanks for your help. I have managed to get it to work now.
Your first suggestion worked, but I needed to use NMS FormMail instead of the one in my link to get it work.
mort7890
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Re: cgi form email script not working (404)

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There's a job open with our web developers to remove the support content (WDO-184). I'll give them a nudge and see where they're at with it.

Is this still open as yet the portal explains how to get a we counter on to your site.
bobpullen
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Re: cgi form email script not working (404)

Yes it is, thanks for the reminder. I'll give our web developers another nudge.

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mort7890
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Re: cgi form email script not working (404)

Just looked again and it is still on the site.
bobpullen
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Re: cgi form email script not working (404)

Apologies for the delay. I suspect the removal of the pages will need bundling with a routine code release. There was one this morning so the next opportunity is likely to be next month now Undecided

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Re: cgi form email script not working (404)

A successful cgi email of forms story  Grin
It taken me since 20th april but I have just finished, here's my story in case it helps others.
Started with a working 30 page web site with media promoting my jazz band the only cgi requirement was a number of pages with email of forms to request demos Cd and information for gig requests etc.
Once cgi stopped, I assumed I need to port my whole site to the new ccgi site to allow use of supplied new scripts and get working, tools to support a moderate complex site eg in my case being on an IMac, BBEDIT & Fetch. Then point my domain names to the new location. Not all of these assumption were true.
I am late doing all of this since I have been injured and was not gigging during 2014.
ccgi.username.plus.com will point to this website with tech support to setup for testing of the ported site.
hostedc50megaweb.eu with ccgi.username.plus.com and the master ftp password will allow bbedit & fetch to work.
However file manager pro is fine for single files and setting permissions.
My files go into public subdirectory & scripts cgi-bin.
I ported my site site with non work cgi to site and tested on new location.
Found pointing at new cgi-bin does not find prepare scripts.  Cry
Found nms ( London Perl Mongers ) at Matt's Script Archive Formmail script. ( from this Thread )
Seems well documented and talks the talk of more secure, downloaded tweaked setup
to allow receipt_alias so my htm files don't include my email address to harvest.
Set referers to localhost, my existing site , ccgi.username.plus.com.
max_recipients to 1 eg no mail relay for me.
However I have never written any pearl in my life, so what do I know!
Tweaked my htm files to new script name and used alias rather than a email address.
Uploaded it to my cgi-bin directory and it worked once I enabled execution via file manager pro. Switched off debugging uploaded again remembering execution permissions. It works !
Next job point .co.uk at new site? Just thought I'd upload email request page to old site, just incase, it worked just fine! Scrub that pointing job then.
All you need to do is upload a tweaked script to new area cgi-bin set permission to execute it, tweak some .htm files if required for new name and calling details and bobs your uncle, an afternoons work, you don't need to port your whole site.
I know I'm the last of the 60 cgi user to do the port but just incase i'm number 59 enjoy my story, the other 57 can just feel smug.  Wink
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Re: cgi form email script not working (404)

Welcome to the forum and thank you for a useful post. Smiley
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Re: cgi form email script not working (404)

Quote from: Bob
Apologies for the delay. I suspect the removal of the pages will need bundling with a routine code release. There was one this morning so the next opportunity is likely to be next month now Undecided

Better late than never! Wink
Should have been removed now.

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