The following table shows all the possible tags used by PonyExpress
forms for sending e-mail results from a form. Depending on what
your form does, you may only need a few of these in your form. Those
that are required are shown in black.
Special Tags
for PonyExpress Forms |
Tag NAME |
How To Use |
Sample Tag VALUE |
E-mail |
mail_to_admin |
Set this variable to "yes"
if you are sending an e-mail to the form owner. If you do not
include this tag, mail will go to the owner only if you are
not writing to a datafile or a guestbook page. Also, set this tag to yes if you'd like to use
an admin.message template for the e-mail. |
yes or
no |
mail_to_visitor |
Set this variable to "yes" if you
are sending an e-mail to the visitor filling out the form. |
yes or
no |
email
or
email_address
required if sending reply e-mail to visitor |
This is the address where visitor
e-mail replies are sent. Use an <INPUT TYPE="text"> tag,
not a hidden tag, as visitors must specify their own addresses. |
No default value |
subject |
Specify the subject line in e-mail
sent to the admin. |
A Message
from the Web |
visitor_subject |
Specify the subject line in e-mail
sent to the visitor. |
We've recieved
your comments. |
admin_message |
Specify the file name of the admin
e-mail template. By default, this is admin.message. |
admin-mail.txt |
visitor_message |
Specify the file name of the visitor
reply e-mail template. By default, this is visitor.message. |
reply-mail.txt |
encrypt |
Set this to "yes" to send the admin
e-mail using PGP encryption. This requires a registered PGP
key, and is only available on www.bu.edu. |
yes |
