trouble settng up e-mail and html result form

[halTeach]

Background:

I'm using frontpage 2002 on a windows 2000 server; I have installed
frontpage 2002 server extensions.

1) I'm trying to set up form that e-mails results. Using MS's instructions
I setup the frontpage 2002 server extension for mail (smtp server, and
e-mail addresses). I then used form properties to set the e-mail address
for the form. When I click okay on the form properties, a dialogue box pops
up with the following message: "This form is being created on a disk-based
web or the frontpage server extensions have not been configured to send
e-mail. please direct your system administrator ..'setting up e-mail
options for windows'..." As i stated I have already done this.

I know that the server info is correct because I used the same info in
another program that sends e-mail and it works fine.

2) I have tried having the form save the results to an html file. this
doesn't work either.

I have tried both of these independently and neither works. Note: I have
successfully set up forms to write to an access DB.

any ideas?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

When you work in it with FP or browse your web are you accessing it via http ?

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[halTeach]

I have acessed it on the server and via usinf FP via http. I get the same
error message either way. more importantly it doesn't work.

hal

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Do you have the SMTP server installed and running?
Have you actually configured the extensions via the IIS MMC for each web site?

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[halTeach]

I don't have the smtp server installed.

I'm sending the e-mail it to a smtp server in our intranet.

I have one web site (the default) I have configured it using the IIS MMC.

hal

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Ok, is your web site authentication against the SMTP server? For the best help at this point,
suggest you post to the appropriate Windows Server newsgroup.

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[halTeach]

"...is your web site authentication against the SMTP server?" what does
that mean? I did notice that in the other program that sends off e-mail
successfully, there was a place for me to put in an account name.

Which newsgroup do you suggest?

hal

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

#1 Your website must have a account on the SMTP server to send email.

#2 Try the Windows 2000 or 2003 Server - General newsgroup.

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[halteach]

Thomas,

After a week of pulling out my hair I found the problem: I had been naming
the form files with the "asp" extension. To make e-mail and/or saving to
the html file work the form file has to have a "htm" or "html" extension.

Sigh....go and know

Hal

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Glad to hear the got this resolved.

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