I'm having a problem with FrontPage based forms on my Virtual Dedicated Server. I think it has something to do with email configuration on the server.

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Description:

I want to add FrontPage forms with results sent to me by email. When I try to add my form two things happen:

1. I get the following error when I try to save it in FrontPage.

"This form is being created on a disk-based web or the FrontPage server extensions have not been configured to send email. Please direct your system admin or ISP to the instructions in 'Setting up email options on UNIX' in the Server Extensions Resource Kit. Would you like to remove the email recipient?"

It then gives me a URL to find the resource kit but of course it doesn't point to a valid result.

2. When I override and say "Yes, save recipent" and then view the form in a browser I see this message at the top of the page. [FrontPage Save Results Component] and no matter what I do can't get rid of it.



Solution:

You do not have the FrontPage extensions configured to send mail. You need to shell into your server using SSH as the root user and add the following lines to your frontpage.cnf file located at:


/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/frontpage.cnf


Add the following lines:

SendMailCommand:/usr/sbin/sendmail %r
MailSender:nobody@server.domain.com

(substitute the actual server name as the MailSender)
Always make a backup copy of your file before editing it!

e.g (cp frontpage.cnf frontpage.bak.cnf)