"Henry" <hank755***@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> I have a simple form on a page in my website in which a user can enter
> an email address to be added to a mailing list.
>
> The following ASP script works the first time a user submits his or
> her email address. However, if the same user tries to submit another
> email, the browser hangs and times out. If the user clears the
> browser's cache, this script works fine. Could someone please explain
> this behaviour and how I can resolve it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> <%
>
> Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
> myMail.Subject= "MAILING LIST ADDITION"
> myMail.From= Request.Form.Item(1)
> myMail.To="u***@domain.com"
> myMail.TextBody= "Please add the following person to the mailing list:
> " & VbCrLf  & VbCrLf  & Request.Form.Item(1)
> myMail.Send
> set myMail=nothing
>   Response.Redirect "http://www.domain.com"
>
> %>
>

On Nov 8, 8:06 am, "Anthony Jones" <A***@yadayadayada.com> wrote:
> "Henry" <hank755***@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
>
> news:1194369377.578712.245440@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > I have a simple form on a page in my website in which a user can enter
> > an email address to be added to a mailing list.
>
> > The following ASP script works the first time a user submits his or
> > her email address. However, if the same user tries to submit another
> > email, the browser hangs and times out. If the user clears the
> > browser's cache, this script works fine. Could someone please explain
> > this behaviour and how I can resolve it?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> > <%
>
> > Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
> > myMail.Subject= "MAILING LIST ADDITION"
> > myMail.From= Request.Form.Item(1)
> > myMail.To="u***@domain.com"
> > myMail.TextBody= "Please add the following person to the mailing list:
> > " & VbCrLf  & VbCrLf  & Request.Form.Item(1)
> > myMail.Send
> > set myMail=nothing
> >   Response.Redirect "http://www.domain.com"
>
> > %>
>
> I'm struggling to respond to this.  Its somewhat incoherant. Are you sure
> the mail server you are using allows emails to apparently come from any
> random address?
>
> What does the form look like? I think we need to see that.
> I take it the page of code above is the action page of the form?
> You then redirect to the root of your site how does the user get to the form
> again?
>
> --
> Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET- Hide quoted text -
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"Henry" <hank755***@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> The form is a simple text field on a "Contact Us" page of our website.
> The user enters an email address and clicks on a Send button. The
> scipt above is the action page which redirects the user back to the
> homepage. Sorry if it wasn't clear.
>
> To my knowledge, our server does not validate the email address. In my
> testing,  I am able to successfully send an email via the form only
> once. And then I need to clear my browser cache for it to work again.
>
> I'm stumped!
>