Thank you, Pat. I took out all the html code and re-uploaded. I am now getting e-mails with the data in the body of the message. However, there are two anomolies going on here: 1. there is additional text below the submitted info that appears mailmerge is adding to it (see below). 2. on the page that is returned to the person that submits the info, there is a link back to the form that goes to a totally different form than I created. Any ideas on how to correct those? This is still just "phase 1" of making this work. What I ultimately want to do is to have the data that is input on the form be saved to a file (surname.csv) and for that file to be e-mailed as an attachment. I can't find any instructions on how to e-mail the file; only on how to send an e-mail OR to save a file. BTW, I don't want to necessarily append to the file each time, I want to *overwrite* it each time. The csv file will be used to import/append the new data into an existing database. >X-Apparently-To: asgsaz@yahoo.com via web20309.mail.yahoo.com; 01 Sep 2001 >09:07:14 -0700 (PDT) >X-Track: 1: 40 >Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 10:07:12 -0600 >To: asgsaz@yahoo.com >From: Another Test <slhessick@earthlink.net> >Reply-to: slhessick@earthlink.net >Subject: ASGS Surname DB Submission >X-mail-agent: mailmerge v1.0 > > > >Another Test >875 wash st. >apt. 4 >tucson, az 85701 >12345-ABC >800-555-1212 >slhessick@earthlink.net > >jackson mass >bye norway, main >hessick indiana, kentucky, germany > > > > > >On Sat Sep 1 10:07:11 2001, the following message was submitted via the >mailmerge server running on nobody@www.rootsweb.com (Nobody): > >NAME: >ADDRESS: @24.221.155.182 > >MESSAGE TEXT: Sherri

At 12:18 PM 9/1/2001, ASGS Webmaster wrote: >Thank you, Pat. I took out all the html code and re-uploaded. I am now >getting e-mails with the data in the body of the message. However, there >are two anomolies going on here: >1. there is additional text below the submitted info that appears >mailmerge is adding to it (see below). The instructions for the MailMerge template are very precise, and your problem is very subtle. Each command must be on a line by itself -- the program reads the line breaks as separate commands. The section delimiters (the dot/period) must be on a line by themselves with no additional white space. Create your template in a text editor, such as Windows NotePad, then save as a TXT file, and upload in ASCII mode. The result should look like this: # template: submit.txt ACTION=mail # Set up defaults SUBJECT=ASGS Surname DB Submission WORDWRAP=72 TITLE=ASGS Surname submittal has been sent. AUTHOR=Sherri Hessick ADDRESS=<A HREF="Your_URL">RETURN</A> to Arizona State Genealogical Society (ASGS) Main Page INPUT_FORM=<A HREF="URL_of_input_form></a> . # This is an e-mail header. MAIL_HEADER= To: asgsaz@yahoo.com From: <@email@> Reply-to: @email@ Subject: @SUBJECT@ X-mail-agent: mailmerge v1.0 . # output form. OUTPUT_FORM= @First@ @Last@ @Address1@ @Address2@ @City@, @ST@ @Zip@ @MemberNumber@ @HomePhone@ @email@ @Family1@ @Area@ @Family2@ @Area2@ @Family3@ @Area3@ @Family4@ @Area4@ @Family5@ @Area5@ @Family6@ @Area6@ @Family7@ @Area7@ . <--- note section delimiter here Note there is a dot/period between each section, and at the end of the OUTPUT_form command. Also note the output_form will be emailed to you with line breaks exactly as you have formatted it. >2. on the page that is returned to the person that submits the info, there >is a link back to the form that goes to a totally different form than I >created. No correction for that -- sorry. That is the reason for adding a link back to the form input page at the top. >This is still just "phase 1" of making this work. What I ultimately want >to do is to have the data that is input on the form be saved to a file >(surname.csv) and for that file to be e-mailed as an attachment. I can't >find any instructions on how to e-mail the file; only on how to send an >e-mail OR to save a file. BTW, I don't want to necessarily append to the >file each time, I want to *overwrite* it each time. The csv file will be >used to import/append the new data into an existing database. You will have to do this manually. Mail Merge can send you the form input in an email, or append to a file. It can not send you an attachment to an email in a specified format. Pat Asher