I have an interview-booking database which is accessible via Instant Web Publishing.

When a user books an interview, I would like a confirmation email to be immediately sent back to the user.

IWP doesn't support 'Send Mail', so I tried using 'Open URL'. But this opens an email window on the user's machine, which the user has to manually dismiss.

Is there any way to automatically email a response in Instant Web Publishing? Or will I have to use a plug-in?

Thanks

The solution depends very much upon the hosting machine and the version of the FM software.

FileMaker SERVER 10 supports the Send Mail script step, which can be run on a server schedule. If it's timed every minute then a simple script to look for new bookings can be made to send the e-mail you require.

FileMaker PRO 10 allows a script also to be executed on a schedule basis, so you could use the Send Mail step here too

Prior to this the best method was a slave or robot computer dedicated to running a script to perform the Send Mail at the required intervals.