Can forms be in email?

Is it possible to have a form in an email message and when the person hits submit it goes to the web to submit the data? I've found out you can't 'post' information and I've not been having luck at all. Is it possible? Have you done it?

 

yes it is possible

<form name="form1" method="post" action="http://www.domain.com/e-mail_info.php">
<table class=contentpaneopen cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5><tr valign=top><td>
<label class=header>Enter&nbsp;your&nbsp;email&nbsp;address:</label></td><td>
<input type="text" name="Email" size="35" maxlength="60"><br><br>
<input valign=bottom name="Submit" value="Submit" type="submit"><input name="newsletter" type="hidden" value="seochat">
</td>

 

just write any e-mail in html and everything should work the same

 

So the POST action still works? Hummm

 

Problem is it only works if the emial client supports HTML mail.. so you'll be limiting your compatibility.


Josh

 

I'm using two email clients that both support HTML. Mail from Apple and Thunderbird. Neither of which send any information over. Both display the form correctly, and have the correct source code, however neither sends any info via POST to the thanks page. Gmail works though.

 

Using a form in an email will generate lots of problems if the receiver of the email has any anti-virus protection.

A modern, off the shelf PC will require lots of configuration to allow the user to use forms that are embedded in an email.

 

Yea, I'm not to keen on forms in email either. I'd rather link to it on a website. However I got it to work via GET in my two mail apps. Just not workingon the PC yet.