[MacPerl] novice question

[David Doonan <david_doonan@wordman.com>]

I know nothing about Perl. Complete novice.

What I need to do is to properly configure our server (running webstar
4.0) to process cgi scripts. I have macperl installed, along with a
script taken from the cgi/perl cookbook by patchett & wright. the script
supplied with the book was opened in macperl and saved out as a
cgi-script and then dropped into our bin.

When I send a request from the form, a new html page is generated giving
the old thank you blah, blah, blah. The problem is, no email never gets
sent to moi.

After submitting the form, the following message is generated on the
screen of our web server by perl:
"this program relays machttp search apple events to macperl. It will
terminate after 5 minutes of inactivity".

So obviously, I need to configure the script to send  mail. This is the
line in the script regarding directions to the mail - "$mailprog =
'/usr/sendmail';" Our company e-mail is handled on this server by the
way. I'm not sure how to direct the script to find the mail. I've tried
any number of different combinations, to no avail.

If anyone has any experience setting up a webstar server to handle mail
& cgi's, it would be a great help.

--
David Doonan

Word Management
Albany, New York 12205
mailto:david_doonan@wordman.com
http://www.wordman.com
518-482-8659 x253
518-489-4856 - fax



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