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How do you make a reliable contact form

by Steve Garratt
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Using a contact form usually means sending a notification email from your server containing the message that your visitor has left. If your domain is hosted on a shared server then I have found that at best the email delivery can be unreliable and at worst unusable (nothing gets received).

This is what has happened to me. I have several contact forms and a small self hosted email list on many different domains. None of them are working right now.

Does anyone have any suggestions, short of hosting everything on a dedicated server, how this problem can be fixed or worked around?

All suggestions welcomed.

Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author EmpyreRamiz
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    • Profile picture of the author Whiplash25
      Originally Posted by EmpyreRamiz View Post

      Use php contact forum many code are available in code source sites
      Like VB? or what? : O
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve Garratt
      Originally Posted by EmpyreRamiz View Post

      Use php contact forum many code are available in code source sites
      I am using a php contact form. It uses the php mail function to send an email notification to me. If my shared server is blocked by ISPs because the other domains on the server have been spamming then I will never get the email.

      This is my problem - I'm not getting the contact notification emails.

      Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author billspaced
    Originally Posted by howdo-i View Post

    Using a contact form usually means sending a notification email from your server containing the message that your visitor has left. If your domain is hosted on a shared server then I have found that at best the email delivery can be unreliable and at worst unusable (nothing gets received).Steve
    I can't tell you about straight "html" websites, but for WordPress-driven sites, Contact Form 7 is top notch and as long as you *remember* to add your contact email address in the configuration, your messages will get delivered, even on a shared server.
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  • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
    I use Free Email Forms & Web Contact Forms - myContactForm.com It keeps everything secure.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve Garratt
      Originally Posted by AnniePot View Post

      Thanks Annie, this looks promising.

      Premium membership is only $29.99/year so it's affordable. What is the deliverability like? Do your emails allways get through?

      I also have a small list of people that I can't contact because my server is blocked. Do you have a solution that would enable a one-off send to 300 people to invite them onto another list? This might be a tall order because I guess it could easily look like spam.

      Steve
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      • Profile picture of the author lukemeister
        Wufoo is pretty sweet too for any types of forms, they have free and paid options, Google em and you'll find them pretty easily
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