MailToList.asp
<%@ Language=javascript %>
<!--#include file = "include/SetGlobals.asp"-->
<!--#include file = "include/DBPath.asp"-->
<%
// output relevant meta tags
Init( "Mail to list" );
// output common top of page
Header( '<a href="work.asp">Work</a> --> Mail to list', 3 );
// output page content
Content ( );
// output common bottom of page
Footer( );
%>
<% /* standard page elements */ %>
<!--#include file = "utils/Init.asp"-->
<!--#include file = "utils/Database.asp"-->
<!--#include file = "utils/Header.asp"-->
<!--#include file = "utils/Footer.asp"-->
<%
// ============================================
// the content of this page
// ============================================
function Content ( )
{
Out ( '<td width="20%"> </td>' );
Out ( '<td width="60%">' );
// if the form has a password, validate it first
// so that if it fails we can show the form again
var bSubmitted = (Request.Form.Count > 0);
// has the form been submitted?
if ( bSubmitted )
{
// get the password from the form...
sPassword = "" + Request.Form ( "password" );
// validate the password and moan if it fails
if ( sPassword != sDBPath )
{
Out ( '<h3><font color="red">Invalid password!</font></h3>' );
// pretend the form hasn'\t been sent yet
bSubmitted = false;
}
}
// show the form if not submitted yet
if ( !bSubmitted )
{
Out ( 'In <a href="Subscribe.asp">Part 1</a> I showed you how I allowed you to subscribe to my mailing list. Here\'s where I can post an email to members of that mailing list.' );
Out ( '<p>Strangely, I\'m not going to let you do it, but you <i>can</i> get the source code from the bottom of the page, and learn how I did it.' );
// here's the form tag. the action attribute is the name of
// the file that will be called with the answer - in this case
// it's the same page. the method can be "post" to send the
// form data 'behind the scenes' or "get" to appending the
// data to the URL in the style page.asp?data1=a&data2=b
//
// use post most of the time - it's neater and "get" is limited
// in the amount of data that can be sent.
Out ( '<form action="MailToList.asp" method="post">' );
// another table to line up the titles and inputs
Out ( '<table border="0" cellpadding="0">' );
Out ( '<tr><td align="right" valign="top">' );
Out ( 'Password:' );
Out ( '</td><td align="left" valign="top">' );
// a simple text box. we'll reference it with the name "password"
// and show 37 characters on the form. use the maxlength
