Understanding CGI and Other Advanced Tools
As you have seen, directing form results to an e-mail address is a quick, no-hassle way of collecting information, provided the visitor’s Web browser and e-mail program support it. When the volume of messages increases, however, organizing all the information you receive can become a challenge. You have to copy the information from the form results into a database, or at least print out a copy of the e-mail messages. When you start receiving hundreds of form submissions a day, that responsibility can become overwhelming.
As an alternative, you can rely on a server-based script or application to handle the form results. A Common Gateway Interface (CGI) script written in a programming language such as Perl ...
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