[RESOLVED] Internal Server Error

[spiresgate]

This is one of those problems that can drive you nuts.

I have successfully set up a guestbook at www.jpag.org which also sends an e-mail to the Webmaster.

I now want to set up a system for sending an e-mail to the webmaster but without putting the message on the Guestbook. I thought the simple way to do it would be to use the same .cgi file suitably modified and renamed. The renamed file should be called by the WEBMASTER button.

However, even if I just rename the file, with no modification at all and put the name in the calling html code I get:

"Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, spiresgate@aol.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log."

What could I possibly be doing wrong?

[LeeU]

Did you upload it in ascii mode? Are the permissions the same as the other script?

[spiresgate]

Yes, that's the answer.

I hadn't set permisssions.

So it's true that computers may be stupid but they are always right.

Thanks for the solution.

[LeeU]

Glad it was something simple.