Bob0126
06-13-2003, 05:21 PM
I apologize inadvance for the length of this post, but I wanted to provide you with as much information as possible.
I maintain a very low usage Geocities site for my HS graduating class at http://geocities.com/nmhs1974. While I have a basic understanding of programming, I use Frontpage2000 to do anything beyond plain vanilla HTML.
I have a few simple feedback forms on the site which I created by modifying code that comes directly from Geocities. (Example: http://www.geocities.com/nmhs1974/test_form.htm)
Replies are sent (by default) to the email address listed with
Geocities, which does not permit the use of a Yahoo address. I had set up a Bigfoot.com forwarding address, which fowarded all submissions to my Yahoo mailbox. I don't know when the problem began, but submissions no longer reach my Yahoo mailbox. The user receives the confirmation page, but I never receive the email.
I can send regular mail to the Bigfoot address and it forwards to Yahoo. When I changed the default address in my Geocities account to my ISP mailbox, the forms work fine.
I don't believe there is anything wrong with my code, but I wonder if anyone is aware of any reason that a forwarding address would be treated any differently than a direct address. I don't know where the disconnect is, either before or after Bigfoot. I tried to contact them but I got the following response:
"Per our Technical Team, you must have a written script that process the forms from your geocities website and pass it to your SMTP server before sending it to your Bigfoot For Life address."
I have no idea what this means, but I don't know if it's my lack of programming skills or their lack of written communication skills.
TIA
Bob0126
I maintain a very low usage Geocities site for my HS graduating class at http://geocities.com/nmhs1974. While I have a basic understanding of programming, I use Frontpage2000 to do anything beyond plain vanilla HTML.
I have a few simple feedback forms on the site which I created by modifying code that comes directly from Geocities. (Example: http://www.geocities.com/nmhs1974/test_form.htm)
Replies are sent (by default) to the email address listed with
Geocities, which does not permit the use of a Yahoo address. I had set up a Bigfoot.com forwarding address, which fowarded all submissions to my Yahoo mailbox. I don't know when the problem began, but submissions no longer reach my Yahoo mailbox. The user receives the confirmation page, but I never receive the email.
I can send regular mail to the Bigfoot address and it forwards to Yahoo. When I changed the default address in my Geocities account to my ISP mailbox, the forms work fine.
I don't believe there is anything wrong with my code, but I wonder if anyone is aware of any reason that a forwarding address would be treated any differently than a direct address. I don't know where the disconnect is, either before or after Bigfoot. I tried to contact them but I got the following response:
"Per our Technical Team, you must have a written script that process the forms from your geocities website and pass it to your SMTP server before sending it to your Bigfoot For Life address."
I have no idea what this means, but I don't know if it's my lack of programming skills or their lack of written communication skills.
TIA
Bob0126