selecting a single email address from a drop-down list.

[atticusisrad]

Hi everyone, my problem is this:

My client wishes to have a drop down menu which has different <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=email&v=56">email</a> addresses for say "sales", "accounts" etc. They wish for this selected department only to receive the <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=email&v=56">email</a> How do I go about doing this?

At the moment I'm trying to post through: "http://mailgate.server-mail.com/cgi-bin/mailgate"

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[QuietDean]

You will need to pass the email address/id through the form. Presumably the mailgate can process this when recieved but without knowing more about the script I can't say for certain.

I have to ask, why were you trying to link the word 'email' twice?

[atticusisrad]

Firstly, answering your question about the inserted links, i was using a friends computer who had some sort of software which tries to insert links when a keyword is typed in. Some sort of spyware i think, very frustrating. However, i am now back on my trusty PC.

Basically what I think I need in the script where the "recipient" field is, is some sort of syntax which represents "or". So instead of it being sent to "somebody@here.com, nodbody@here.com, anybody@here.com" When the user selects a specific email from the drop-down list, it only goes to one recipient rather than all.

Hope this makes sense.

Anyhow the code I'm using is below:

<FORM name="mailer" action="http://mailgate.server-mail.com/cgi-bin/mailgate"
method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="somebody@here.com, nodbody@here.com, anybody@here.com">
<input name="email_subject" type="text" value="Email Address Here">
<input name="email_to" type="text" value="Name Here">
<select name="Department">
<option selected>Please select a department ...</option>
<option value="somebody@here.com">Sales</option>
<option value="nobody@here.com">Accounts</option>
</select>
value="anybody@here.com">Accounts</option>
</select>
</form>

Thanks,

Darren.

[QuietDean]

remove the hidden recipient field, and change the select to

<select name="recipient">
<option value="somebody@here.com, nodbody@here.com, anybody@here.com" selected>Please select a department ...</option>
<option value="somebody@here.com">Sales</option>
<option value="nobody@here.com">Accounts</option>
</select>

So, if they don't touch the department drop-down, it sends to all. If they choose, it will go to the selected recipient. No need for fancy javascript or any of that stuff, this should do fine if I have understood correctly.

[HTML]

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Dave