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How can I automatically populate a webfield when the webpage is accessed from an email? (i.e. name)

Jul 16th, 2001 04:54
Iain Bruce, Hanna Weissinger,

I'm uncertain of the question but would go with this:
If the question means that how would a visitor click a link in an email 
to open a web page where a form was filled in with their user name, 
then this is a Perl or PHP question.
In it's most basic form, the link in the email would be:
http://www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/myprogram.cgi?username=myname
This could then be used by 'myprogram.cgi' to create a web page 
using 'myname' as the value of username.
Try www.perl.com or www.php.net for further info - this is just a very 
basic taster of what can be done.
Hope to help.