Alternative method for sending email?

[FlameEX]

Hi everyone.

What I'm trying it accomplish is a simple job application program. I've created the app that will save all of the questions to global strings as the user goes along, and then on the last frame, send formatted text when the application is finished mycompany@mydomain.com. I would then put it on my business website using the flash exporter (or more preferably the html exporter when it is released)

Is there any way to send an email without having to actually log into the email account? I supposed I could access a database and save applications that way too, but I would prefer to not have any personal information in the application itself.

[MuddyMole]

You could use the GET extension, combined with a PHP script on your server, to send the email using PHP Mail.

...Although, to be honest, it would probably be easier to forget MMF2 and just code the application form in HTML & PHP to begin with. You really shouldn't be using Flash for anything important like that anyway, unless there's a non-Flash version to fall back on as well.

[Simon]

I agree with muddymole about using a php script and the get object to post data to it, but I couldn't disagree more about using MMF for this application... there's nothing wrong with a flash based app for this. I'm curious how you qualify that statement?

[MuddyMole]

Because Flash requires a plugin, which you cannot safely assume your users will have installed / enabled - especially if they're on a mobile device, such as an iPad (which doesn't even support Flash). Whenever you use Flash as an important part of a site, it should always fall back to a useable alternative if Flash is not available.
On the other hand, creating email forms in HTML & PHP is incredibly simple and requires a minimal amount of code. There are even online drag & drop form builders you could use to generate a form without editing any code at all.