# Cgi mailform (common issue)
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cgi-mailform-common-issue/18558
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 18, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cgi-mailform-common-issue/18558 "2003-04-18T00:49:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Eyeball](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Eyeball)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cgi-mailform-common-issue/18558/1 "2003-04-18T00:49:31Z")
hi there
i have set up mail form for my website so users can email right from my website and i am using perl mailform.pl for mail form , it seems that everything works fine except i don’t receive any mail
any suggestions:
bellow is a code for my AS i thought maybe there is something to do with it .
userComments = new LoadVars();
userComments.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
gotoAndStop(“output”);
} else {
gotoAndStop(“error”);
}
};
function sendComments() {
var obj = userComments;
obj.from = fromEmail.text;
obj.name = fromName.text;
obj.to = "mymail@msn.com";
obj.subject = “comments”;
obj.comments = comments.text;
userComments.sendAndLoad(“[http://mysite.com/cgi-bin/formmail.pl](http://mysite.com/cgi-bin/formmail.pl)”, userComments, “POST”);
gotoAndStop(“wait”);
}
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thank you very much
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cgi-mailform-common-issue/18558/2 "2003-04-18T03:51:31Z")
I can’t say if there are any bugs in your AS, but there may be a separate issue with the cgi script.
Most mail servers are setup so that either the sender or the recipient MUST be on a list of allowed domains. That list usually consists of the domains hosted by that ISP. This is done to prevent the use of the mail server as a relay for spam. Since the FROM address in your AS is a variable entered by the user you’ll need to make sure that the TO address is on the allowed list.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cgi-mailform-common-issue/18558/3 "2003-04-18T23:00:16Z")
Hello,
I have a mail form.
[http://web.thinkcia.com/~calypso/MailForm.swf](http://web.thinkcia.com/~calypso/MailForm.swf)
I made it in flash. If you want the FLA just ask.
Cheers,
Billy