Q:
My windows 2000 server can apparently only send mail to an e-mail address
on the same domain(?)
My problem is that the CGI form I am using - BNBFORM All-In-One Form
Processing Script - is configured to send a 'Thank you' e-mail to the
person who filled out the form using an address that they give in a form
field. This causes an error in processing the script.
What I would like to do is take the script out of the cgi that sends the
thank you e-mail, but I am not actualy a programmer. I have included the
script below - if you would be able to edit it so that it does everything
except send a 'Thank you' e-mail that would be fantastic and a big help Thank you
*NAME-DELETED* *NAME-DELETED*
Osmar Media & Marketing
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Socket;
##################################################################
# (C)1998-2000 Bignosebird.com bnbform v4.0
# Use of this script means that you accept the disclaimer and
# agree to the terms of use located at the bottom of the
# script.
#
# Updated January 31, 2000
#
# This script is provided without support. Please read the
# README.TXT file, as well as following the troubleshooting
# links and information at http://bignosebird.com/cgi.shtml
# Our BBS is located at http://bignosebird.com/bbs.shtml
#
# Socket based e-mail for cross platform capability!
#
# Attention users of earlier versions of BNBFORM# You MUST read the README.TXT file to know how to configure
# your forms for use with this new version. Otherwise your
# logfile, countfile, autorespond, etc... will stop working.
# It was necessary to make these changes for security reasons.
#
#
############## SPECIAL FORM VARIABLES ############################
#required: comma delimited list of required entry fields
#data_order: comma delimited list indicating what fields to actually
# print and in what order.
#outputfile: the name of the file to save the data in if using a file.
# the file will automatically be named ending with .bout
#emailfile: the name of the file to hold only the sender e-mail address
# the file will automatically be named ending with .bemf
#ok_url: URL to go to if successful
#not_ok_url URL to go to if unsuccessful
#submit_to: email address of person to input receive data by mail
# this can be a comma seperated list of e-mail addresses
#cc_to: email address of Cc Recipient
# this can be a comma seperated list of e-mail addresses
#submit_by: email address of person completing form
#autorespond: NO LONGER USED AS OF JAN 31, 2000
#automessage: text to print for autoconfirmation e-mail
# the file will automatically be named ending with .baut
#form_id: name of form for e-mail subject
#countfile: name of file for serial number counter
# the file will automatically be named ending with .bcnt
#okaydomains: prevents calling the script from other sites,
# without restricting e-mail addresses.
# replaces $SECURE_NAME from earlier versions.
# use only lower case letters.
#SMTP_SERVER: the full host name of the server providing e-mail
# gateway service
##################################################################
## MAIN ##########################################################
# uncomment the line below, and change bignosebird to your domain
# name if you wish to make is so the script can only be called
# from your site.
#@okaydomains=("http://mydomain.com", "http://www.mydomain.com");
#SMTP_SERVER: indicates the name of the host acting as the e-mail
# gateway. "localhost" should work on most systems.
$SMTP_SERVER="smtp.ptcruiserclub.co.uk";
#OR IF SMTP IS UNAVAILABLE TO YOU, USE SEND_MAIL# BUT NOT BOTH!
#$SEND_MAIL="/usr/lib/sendmail -t";
$lockfile="/tmp/bnbform.lck";
$SD=&sys_date;
$ST=&sys_time;
&decode_vars;
&valid_page;
if ($fields{'countfile'} ne "") { &get_number; }
&valid_data;
&write_data;
if ($fields{'automessage'} ne "") { &answer_back; }
if ($fields{'ok_url'} ne ""){
print "Location: $fields{'ok_url'}\n\n"; exit;
}
else { &thank_you; }
##################################################################
sub write_data
{
if ($fields{'submit_by'} ne "") {
if (&valid_address == 0) {
&bad_email;
exit;
}
}
if ($fields{'submit_by'} ne "" && $fields{'emailfile'} ne "") {
open (EMF,">>$fields{'emailfile'}");
print EMF "$fields{'submit_by'}\,";
close (EMF);
}
if ($fields{'submit_to'} ne "") {
$msgtext="";
$msgtext .= "On $SD at $ST,\n";
$msgtext .= "The following information was submitted:\n";
$msgtext .= "From Host: $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'}\n";
}
if ($fields{'outputfile'} ne "") {
&get_the_lock;
open(OUT_FILE,">>$fields{'outputfile'}");
}
foreach $to_print (@sortlist) {
if ($fields{'outputfile'} ne "")
{ print OUT_FILE "$fields{$to_print}\|"; }
if ($fields{'submit_to'} ne "")
{ $msgtext .= "$to_print = $fields{$to_print}\n"; }
}
if ($fields{'outputfile'} ne "") {
print OUT_FILE "$SD\|$ST\|\n";
close(OUT_FILE);
&drop_the_lock;
}
foreach $to_get (@recipients) {
$mailresult=&sendmail($fields{submit_by}, $fields{submit_by},
$to_get, $SMTP_SERVER, $fields{form_id}, $msgtext);
if ($mailresult ne "1") {
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "MAIL NOT SENT. SMTP ERROR: $mailcodes{'$mailresult'}\n";
exit
}
}
foreach $to_cc (@cc_tos) {
$mailresult=&sendmail($fields{submit_by}, $fields{submit_by},
$to_cc, $SMTP_SERVER, $fields{form_id}, $msgtext);
if ($mailresult ne "1") {
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "MAIL NOT SENT. SMTP ERROR: $mailcodes{'$mailresult'}\n";
exit
}
}
}
##################################################################
sub decode_vars
{
$i=0;
read(STDIN,$temp,$ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});
@pairs=split(/&/,$temp);
foreach $item(@pairs) {
($key,$content)=split(/=/,$item,2);
$content=~tr/+/ /;
$content=~s/%(..)/pack("c",hex($1))/ge;
$content=~s/\t/ /g;
$fields{$key}=$content;
if ($key eq "data_order") {
$content=~s/\012//g;
$content=~s/\015//g;
$content=~s/ //g;
$content=~s/ //g;
@sortlist=split(/,/,$content);
}
if ($key eq "required") {
$content=~s/\012//g;
$content=~s/\015//g;
$content=~s/ //g;
@mandatory=split(/,/,$content);
}
if ($key eq "submit_to") {
$content=~s/\012//g;
$content=~s/\015//g;
$content=~s/ //g;
@recipients=split(/,/,$content);
}
if ($key eq "cc_to") {
$content=~s/\012//g;
$content=~s/\015//g;
$content=~s/ //g;
@cc_tos=split(/,/,$content);
}
}
if (
( ($fields{automessage}=~ /^([-\/\w.]+)$/ || $fields{automessage} eq
"") &&
($fields{countfile}=~ /^([-\/\w.]+)$/ || $fields{countfile} eq "")
&&
($fields{emailfile}=~ /^([-\/\w.]+)$/ || $fields{emailfile} eq "")
&&
($fields{outputfile}=~ /^([-\/\w.]+)$/ || $fields{outputfile} eq
"") )
) {$donothing=0;}
else {
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n sorry, invalid characters...\n";
exit;
}
if ($fields{automessage} ne "") {$fields{automessage} .= ".baut";}
if ($fields{countfile} ne "") {$fields{countfile} .= ".bcnt";}
if ($fields{emailfile} ne "") {$fields{emailfile} .= ".bemf";}
if ($fields{outputfile} ne "") {$fields{outputfile} .= ".bout";}
}
##################################################################
sub valid_data
{
if ($fields{'data_order'} eq "") #make sure we have work to do!
{
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print <<__W1__;
<H1>NO data_order list SPECIFIED!</H1>
__W1__
exit;
}
foreach $to_check (@mandatory) #test all required fields, bail on 1st
bad
{
if ($fields{$to_check} eq "") {
if ($fields{'not_ok_url'} ne "") {
print "Location: $fields{'not_ok_url'}\n\n";
exit;
}
else { &try_again; }
}
}
}
##################################################################
sub thank_you
{
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print <<__W2__;
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF">
<CENTER>
<TABLE WIDTH=550 BORDER=1>
<TR>
<TD>
<H1>Thank you!</H1>
Your information has been sent.
<P>
Here is the information you provided:
<P>
__W2__
foreach $itm (@sortlist) {
print <<__W2A__;
$itm: $fields{$itm}
<BR>
__W2A__
}
print <<__W2B__;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
__W2B__
exit;
}
##################################################################
sub try_again
{
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print <<__W3__;
<H1>Missing Data!</H1>
<B>Please press the back button and fill in
all required fields!<P></B>
__W3__
exit;
}
##################################################################
sub answer_back
{
$subject = "Thank you for joining PT Cruiser Club UK!";
$msgtext="Hi,
Thanks for filling in our form and joining PT Cruiser Club UK.
We hope your membership is a long and happy one.
Best wishes,
Ossie Omar
Club Owner";
if ($fields{'automessage'} ne "") {
open (AM,"< $fields{'automessage'}");
while (<AM>) {
chop $_;
$msgtext .= "$_\n";
}
close(AM);
}
else {
$msgtext =<<__W4__;
Thank you for your submission.
__W4__
}
$replyaddr=$recipients[0];
$mailresult=&sendmail($replyaddr, $replyaddr, $fields{submit_by},
$SMTP_SERVER, $subject, $msgtext);
}
##################################################################
sub get_number
{
$newnum=0;
open(COUNTER,"<$fields{'countfile'}");
while($thisnum=<COUNTER>) {
if ($thisnum eq "") { $thisnum = 0;}
$newnum = $thisnum + 1;
}
close(COUNTER);
open(COUNTER,">$fields{'countfile'}");
print COUNTER "$newnum";
close (COUNTER);
$fields{'counter'}=$newnum
}
##################################################################
sub valid_address
{
$testmail = $fields{'submit_by'};
if ($testmail =~/ /)
{ return 0; }
if ($testmail =~ /(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(@\.)|(\.@)|(^\.)/ ||
$testmail !~
/^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/)
{ return 0; }
else { return 1; }
}
##################################################################
sub bad_email
{
print <<__STOP_OF_BADMAIL__;
Content-type: text/html
<FONT SIZE="3">
<center>
<H1>Sorry!</H1><br>Your request could not be processed because of <br>
an improperly formatted e-mail address. Please use your browser's<br>
back button or click <a href="javascript:history.go(-1);">here</a> to
return to the form</<center>
</FONT>
__STOP_OF_BADMAIL__
}
sub get_the_lock
{
local ($endtime);
$endtime = 60;
$endtime = time + $endtime;
while (-e $lockfile && time < $endtime)
{
# Do Nothing
}
open(LOCK_FILE, ">$lockfile");
}
sub drop_the_lock
{
close($lockfile);
unlink($lockfile);
}
##################################################################
sub valid_page
{
if (@okaydomains == 0)
{return;}
$DOMAIN_OK=0;
$RF=$ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'};
$RF=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
foreach $ts (@okaydomains) {
if ($RF =~ /$ts/)
{ $DOMAIN_OK=1; }
}
if ( $DOMAIN_OK == 0) {
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n Sorry....Cant run from here!";
exit;
}
}
###################################################################
###################################################################
sub sendmail {
# error codes below for those who bother to check result codes <gr>
# 1 success
# -1 $smtphost unknown
# -2 socket() failed
# -3 connect() failed
# -4 service not available
# -5 unspecified communication error
# -6 local user $to unknown on host $smtp
# -7 transmission of message failed
# -8 argument $to empty
#
# Sample call:
#
# &sendmail($from, $reply, $to, $smtp, $subject, $message );
#
# Note that there are several commands for cleaning up possible bad
inputs - if you
# are hard coding things from a library file, so of those are
unnecesssary
#
my ($fromaddr, $replyaddr, $to, $smtp, $subject, $message) = @_;
$to =~ s/[ \t]+/, /g; # pack spaces and add comma
$fromaddr =~ s/.*<([^\s]*?)>/$1/; # get from email address
$replyaddr =~ s/.*<([^\s]*?)>/$1/; # get reply email address
$replyaddr =~ s/^([^\s]+).*/$1/; # use first address
$message =~ s/^\./\.\./gm; # handle . as first character
$message =~ s/\r\n/\n/g; # handle line ending
$message =~ s/\n/\r\n/g;
$smtp =~ s/^\s+//g; # remove spaces around $smtp
$smtp =~ s/\s+$//g;
if (!$to)
{
return(-8);
}
if ($SMTP_SERVER ne "")
{
my($proto) = (getprotobyname('tcp'))[2];
my($port) = (getservbyname('smtp', 'tcp'))[2];
my($smtpaddr) = ($smtp =~
/^(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})$/)
? pack('C4',$1,$2,$3,$4)
: (gethostbyname($smtp))[4];
if (!defined($smtpaddr))
{
return(-1);
}
if (!socket(MAIL, AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto))
{
return(-2);
}
if (!connect(MAIL, pack('Sna4x8', AF_INET, $port, $smtpaddr)))
{
return(-3);
}
my($oldfh) = select(MAIL);
$| = 1;
select($oldfh);
$_ = <MAIL>;
if (/^[45]/)
{
close(MAIL);
return(-4);
}
print MAIL "helo $SMTP_SERVER\r\n";
$_ = <MAIL>;
if (/^[45]/)
{
close(MAIL);
return(-5);
}
print MAIL "mail from: <$fromaddr>\r\n";
$_ = <MAIL>;
if (/^[45]/)
{
close(MAIL);
return(-5);
}
foreach (split(/, /, $to))
{
print MAIL "rcpt to: <$_>\r\n";
$_ = <MAIL>;
if (/^[45]/)
{
close(MAIL);
return(-6);
}
}
print MAIL "data\r\n";
$_ = <MAIL>;
if (/^[45]/)
{
close MAIL;
return(-5);
}
}
if ($SEND_MAIL ne "")
{
open (MAIL,"| $SEND_MAIL");
}
print MAIL "To: $to\n";
print MAIL "From: $fromaddr\n";
print MAIL "Reply-to: $replyaddr\n" if $replyaddr;
print MAIL "X-Mailer: Perl Powered Socket Mailer\n";
print MAIL "Subject: $subject\n\n";
print MAIL "$message";
print MAIL "\n.\n";
if ($SMTP_SERVER ne "")
{
$_ = <MAIL>;
if (/^[45]/)
{
close(MAIL);
return(-7);
}
print MAIL "quit\r\n";
$_ = <MAIL>;
}
close(MAIL);
return(1);
}
sub sys_date
{
%mn = ('Jan','01', 'Feb','02', 'Mar','03', 'Apr','04',
'May','05', 'Jun','06', 'Jul','07', 'Aug','08',
'Sep','09', 'Oct','10', 'Nov','11', 'Dec','12' );
$sydate=localtime(time);
($day, $month, $num, $time, $year) = split(/\s+/,$sydate);
$zl=length($num);
if ($zl == 1)
{ $num = "0$num";}
$yyyymmdd="$year\-$mn{$month}\-$num";
return $yyyymmdd;
}
sub sys_time
{
$sydate=localtime(time);
($day, $month, $num, $time, $year) = split(/\s+/,$sydate);
return $time;
}
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A:
This is *most probably* the issue with the mail server
smtp.ptcruiserclub.co.uk
This mail server does not accept from the machine, where the script is
running mails to be sent outside of the domain. This is (again *most
probably*) not an error or misconfiguration but rather a security setting.
Mail servers (SMTP servers) are configured very strict. Sloppy configured
mail servers are automatically discovered by spammers, abused and this
causes the mail servers appearing on black-list and thus blocked out of
mailing for a long time, which means not being able to send mail to
anywhere.
Ask the system manager of the server smtp.ptcruiserclub.co.uk
regards,
Peter
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