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How do I debug FormMail?
Thus article details how to debug FormMail.
This example demonstrates the debug attribute, in case FormMail is not doing what you think it should. Try a demo.
Form
<html> <head><title>Just testing</title></head> <body> <form method="post" action="http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/formmail/FormMail/depts/accc/webpub/formmail/example-5.txt"> <h1>Example of FormMail 3.0</h1> This is identical to example3, except that the config file uses the <code><b>debug</b></code> option. Therefore no mail will be sent, and the html response will be more useful for debugging, rather than for users. <hr> <p> My email address is: <input type="text" name="email" > <p> FormMail 2.0 is such an improvement over 1.0 that:<br> <input type=radio name="radbut" value="socks"> My socks were knocked off!<br> <input type=radio name="radbut" value="chair"> I fell of my chair.<br> <input type=radio name="radbut" value="big deal"> What's the big deal? Just use postcards. <br> Free-form comments, if you like; <textarea name=comments rows=5 cols=60> </textarea> <hr> <input type="submit" value="Submit your comments"> </form> </body> </html>
Configuration file
<!DOCTYPE form SYSTEM 'FormMail-3.0.dtd'>
<!-- note the "debug" attribute.
Otherwise this is identical to example3.
-->
<form debug name="example5" >
<!-- I really want your email address -->
<validate name="email" public="Your email address" vtype="email">
<!-- Mail will indeed be sent. Note that I capture your email address
above and put it in the Reply-to field, so I can easily reply
to notes sent to me from this form.
-->
<mail name="mail1" >
<to>bobg@uic.edu
<reply-to>$email
<subject> FormMail 2.0 comments
<body>
$fm_date
Radio button is: $radbut
Comments were: $comments
</mail>
<!-- Here's the html response header
Note that the full html page is generated, including
the <html>...</html> tags
-->
<response name="r0" >
<![CDATA[
<html><head><title>Test</title></head><body>
<h1> Thank You for Submitting your Comments</h1>
<P> I hope I find them useful. :-)
<p>
-Bob
</body></html>
]]>
</response>
</form>