Re: [Way OT] perl, CGI, and sendmail

From: Stephen Patterson (steve_at_patter.mine.nu)
Date: 04/10/05

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    David <dbree@duo-county.com> writes:

    > I know this ain't Debian but I've racked my brain on this.
    >
    > Been experimenting with CGI, using perl. I have a form that generates
    > the needed variables, etc.
    >
    > I have it to where when I submit the data, the mail is sent and I
    > receive it (FWIW, using exim4), Exim doesn't report any errors, but I
    > get a 500 error (Internal Server Error) from apache (1.3.33-4).

    Check your apache error logs, and you probably don't want to be using
    sendmail/exim directly (its cranky as hell). The perl module
    Mail::Sender (libmail-sender-perl) makes sending email a cinch. 

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