Trying to set up a form which can be emailed to me (not revealing my email address)

[franko]

Post a screen capture of your form properties box.

This was posted a couple years ago on the forum and it works for me ok. Think it might have been from Beach Ape.

These are the generic settings:
SMTP server - 127.0.0.1
This appears as my default setting and I have never changed it.

From: TheWebSite@domain.com
The FROM field helps the recipient know where the email has come from.
When building forms for clients I normally make this website@theirdomainname.com

To: Recipient@whateverdomainyouwanttogetit.com
The TO filed is simply where you want the web initiated email to go to.
This can be any valid email address.
So again, when building for clients, I make this something like sales@thierdomainname.com

Subject: Enter a descriptive subject
You can have several forms on your site.
So specifying a descriptive subject helps distinguish one email from another.

Success url: ../html/success.html
Yes you need a page in the site that shows the visitor they have successfully sent the web email.
Remember to put the double dots (..) and specify the page name you choose.
Mine is normally success.html

CSV File Path: Leave Blank
Only used if you are recording the visitors who complete the form.
I rarely use this but it does have a value sometimes.

File Upload Folder: Leave Blank

That post was for a form you set yourself from a layout or table etc.
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The forms handler component has a tick box on the right for 'smtp requires authentication' , untick that and the one below ssl, and try your form.

[kt66]

Here are screen grabs of the setup I have:
and
Thanks for your help so far. This is with Hostgator and they gave me that IP address. Incidentally, the error screen works OK. If I put in the wrong captcha it gives me the message I created. Likewise if the email address or message are not written in. It's only when I press the submit button that I get Error 701.

[kt66]

Anyone else on this forum who is hosted with Hostgator? Especially if they have got the email form working. Still getting Error.Text.Code 701 only when I press submit. I read another thread where someone said it was a path problem and they have fixed it. But I'm non the wiser. I need to know exactly what to put in the following NOF fields to suit the Hostgator setup:

Server (IP) address:
Port:
E-mail:
From:
smtp requires authentication YES/NO
Username:
(Password - I know this one!)
smtp requires ssl

[RayC]

Are you writing form results to a database?

Maybe have a look at this thread.

[kt66]

No, I am using the form just for visitors to my site to send an email to me. I specifically don't want to write to a file!

[Beach Ape]

I understand this may be late in coming since you look to have invested some time in this already, but just thought it's worth posting this alternative (Free):
This script will allow you to hide your email address, go to a success page, control spam and more.
TFmail http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/scripts.shtml

[kt66]

Thanks. I'll look at this, but I would love to solve the problem within NOF! ...have had a look and it's actually too involved for my mind! Thanks anyway.

[Beach Ape]

...have had a look and it's actually too involved for my mind! Thanks anyway.

It really isn't. I'm not a coder and got through this with ease.

[kt66]

I've solved it, with the kind help of the people at my hosting coy, Hostgator. When the NOF mail form tries to direct incoming messages, it looks for a directory ../db/formsHandlerFileUpload, which NOF does not set up itself! To make the mail form work, you have to go into your host and set up the directory tree manually!

[franko]

That's probably your file permissions preventing NoF from creating the directory. You might want to make sure the directory is writable.