What is causing my syntax error??

[tlyczko]

I just recently updated to 8.23, am getting this error:

Error=The FormMail INI file '/public_html/foo.org/nospam.ini' has a syntax error

The ini file says:

[email_addresses]
emp = "emp@foo.org"
contact = "contactus@foo.org"
web = "webmaster@foo.org"
donate = "donations@foo.org"
[special_fields]
required = "email:Please provide your email in a valid userid@domain email address format.,realname:Please type your name using letters and spaces only.,strFoundAgency:Please tell us how you found our website.,strComments:Please type your questions or comments using only letters and numbers and punctuation."
bcc = "webmaster@foo.org"
good_url = "http://www.foo.org/thankyou.html"
bad_url = "http://www.foo.org/mail_error.html"

Editing it in Notepad only.

form is at http://www.mountainlakeservices.org/webmaster_inquiry.html

Thank you, Tom

[ginger23]

That error message often indicates a problem with the path to your INI file.

The path you posted looks like it starts at the public_html directory, but there's usually more that should go in front of that. You can get it by either running test alert or by checking with your host.

ginger

[tlyczko]

You can get it by either running test alert or by checking with your host.

Thank you for explaining...took a while to figure this out...

Thank you, Tom

[ginger23]

Did you get the full server path yet?

Running testalert would mean entering the following in your browser:

http://www.mountainlakeservices.org/...hp?testalert=1

You should receive an email to the address defined for DEF_ALERT in the script:

define("DEF_ALERT","your_email_address");

The email should contain the server path, which you can use to figure out the full path to your INI file.

ginger

[tlyczko]

Yes, I finally found how to create the test alert and fixing the path did solve my problem. The form now works properly.

Thank you for explaining!!

Thank you, Tom

[ginger23]

That's good!

You're welcome.

ginger