email under fm 5.5 and osx

[mlindal]

I am ticked off...

I just tried emailing from the web companion in FM5 unlimited (classic mode) and it works fine.

However the FM 5.5 unlimited under OS x doesn't work...

ideas on what broke?

[IdealData]

Bit skimpy on the facts here.

Which e-mail client are you using ?

How about showing the HTML you used.

Have you upgraded 5.5 to 5.5.2 ?

[mlindal]

In the CDML thread I posted the following code:

<FORM ACTION="FMPro" METHOD="POST" NAME="checkoutform">

<DIV ALIGN="left">

<P><INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-db" VALUE="PUB_WebOrder_.fp5"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-format" VALUE="thanks.htm"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-error" VALUE="checkout.htm"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-lay" VALUE="ForWeb"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-token" VALUE="[FMP-currenttoken]"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-recid" VALUE="[FMP-currenttoken]"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="OrderID" VALUE="[FMP-currenttoken]"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-script" VALUE="Web_PlaceOrder"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-edit" VALUE="">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-smtphost" VALUE="x1.nrcan.gc.ca"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-mailfrom" VALUE="[email protected]"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-mailto" VALUE="[FMP-field:C_ForWeb_CustomerNumber::Email]"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-mailsub" VALUE="Order No. [FMP-currenttoken]"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-mailformat" VALUE="emailorder.txt"><A HREF="javascript:document.checkoutform.submit()"><IMG SRC="images/continue.gif"</A></P>

</DIV>

</FORM>

It works in Classic mode on filemaker 5.03 (Web companion 5.0v6 - but not under OSX 1.1.5 and FM 5.5.2 with web companion 5.5v4.

-Does the web companion need to use a mail client in OSX?

-The web companion version 5 sends messages fine in classic mode...

What am I missing here...

[Garry Claridge]

Just for the record, I am able to email from FM 5.5v2 and OS X without problems. I am not using Unlimited. It has worked from about OS X 10.0.3.

It maybe a "Sendmail" problem. From the O'Reilly "Learning Unix for Mac OS X" book a tweak may be required:

% sudo chmod 755 /

Hope this helps.

Garry

[mlindal]

Gary... do you use the web companion to send emails?

Every other feature under OSX and FM5.5.2 unlimited works great... just can't get it to send a confirming email. Again this feature works fine with FM5.0.3 and Classic

I am scared to try this - but I may have to see if FM5.5.2 works under windows 2000.

I will look into the sendmail tweak - but have to admit I don't follow what or why I am tweaking something that should work out of the box.

[Garry Claridge]

I do use WebCompanion to send emails. FM on Win2k has its own problems. I've never had a problem with email/WC/OS X. However, I am not using Unlimited, just the client version.

I don't know if the problem is with Unlimited, or not. However, I think something else must be wrong. Is it OS X client (not server) you are using?

Good Luck.

Garry

[mlindal]

Using regular OSX 10.1.5 and FM5.5.2 unlimited... there has to be a way to make this work and it is frustrating because if I'm the only one having problems and no one else has experienced the same - no emails send under OSX, then there is something wrong with my set-up and I am at a loss to explain it.

[mlindal]

We solved the problem!

The answer is to make sure that all the email header information is in lower case. ie) [email protected] should be [email protected]

I know this should work with mixed case - but under OSX, FM unlimited 5.5.2, this works and the mixed case doesn't... Feel free to comment.

[Anatoli]

AFAIK -- Unix is very case sensitive, not Win or Mac OS.

[Garry Claridge]

I remember that somebody had problems with this about a year ago. I can't remember what the workaround was. You can use some Javascript to convert to lowercase if necessary (or FM can fix it).

All the best.

Garry