If you're using the "shared" mailto.pl CGI to mail forms from your HPA or Kiosk web site, the proper form to use is:

<FORM ACTION="http://www.TheWorld.com/cgi-bin/mailto.pl" METHOD="POST">

Note that the example above uses the "POST" method to send the data to the form. "POST" allows multi-line data, while "GET" limits you to what data can fit in the URL -- and makes all the data visible in the browser's status line.

Basic documentation on using mailto.pl can be found here:

World's HTML tutorial, Chapter 12: Forms & CGI
http://world.std.com/help/web/tutorial/tutorial-12.txt

Other examples of mailto.pl:
http://world.std.com/~wexample/mail.sample.html
http://world.std.com/~wexample/mailto.html

mailto.pl home site and official documentation:
http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/mailto

For the ultimate in customization and flexibility, Kiosk Web Site or Kiosk Bundle customers may wish to take advantage of the fact that these services allow you to install your own CGIs: You can install and customize your own copy of mailto.pl in your own /cgi-bin directory. mailto.pl can be found at the site above. Remember that you will also need to have a cgi-lib.pl and you will need to configure several options in mailto.pl (the URLs near the top of the file, and whether or not you want it to keep a log.)

cgi-lib.pl home site:
http://cgi-lib.stanford.edu/cgi-lib/

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