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What I want to happen is have one contact form on a site where it’s possible to email different people (maybe ten or so).

What I had envisioned was one form with a drop down list of the different possible people that could be emailed so the user could select the name of the person of who they wished to get in contact with.

bump (got pushed off the first page real quick) 😊

I have a client who wants the same thing.  They did it in ASP but I’m trying to figure out how to convert it to work in EE.  You can see their code on the the EE page here.

They also wanted the email addresses “hidden” so as to avoid SPAM.  Is this also possible with either the Email Module or Freeform?

Thanks.

Hey Geoff,

I’ve contacted a couple people in regards to this with FreeForm and it’s evidently not possible without some heavy customization.

So, with that said, it is possible with the Email Module, I just like the flexibility of FreeForm to add my own thank you pages and manage everything better, that’s why I was trying to figure out a way to do it with FreeForm.

If you want to do this with the Email Module, here’s the link: http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Select_Contact_Email_Form/

Deron-

Very cool, thanks.  I’ve added the code from that Wiki entry and am getting this error upon submit:  your email had no valid recipients.

I changed one of the generic recipients to my name and email address to test.

Any ideas?

Hey Geoff,

Hmm, I’ve never experienced this issue before. Can you post the code you’re using? Or, are you using the code exactly as it is in the wiki just changing the email addresses?

Also, do you have PHP enabled on that template? What about double checking to make sure you have the Email Module enabled (I’ve done it before, lol)?

Deron-

I’ve double-checked that yes, PHP is enabled and Email module is installed.

Here’s the code for the form:

{exp:email:contact_form user_recipients="false"}

            <h1>Contact Form</h1>
            
                <select name="recipients" id="recipients">
                <option selected="selected">-- Select Recipient --</option>
                <option value="<?php echo base64_encode('[email protected]'); ?>">Geoff Towle</option>
                <option value="<?php echo base64_encode('[email protected]'); ?>">Person Two</option>
                <option value="<?php echo base64_encode('[email protected]'); ?>">Person Three</option>
                </select>
                
                <label for="from">Your Email:</label>

                <input type="text" id="from" name="from" size="40" maxlength="35" />
                
                <label for="subject">Subject:</label>

                <input type="text" id="subject" name="subject" size="40"/>
                
                <label for="message">Message:</label>

                <textarea id="message" name="message" rows="18" cols="50"></textarea>
                
                <input name="submit" type='submit' value='Send' />
            
            {/exp:email:contact_form}

hmm, seems weird.

How about changing user_recipients=“false” to “true”? Probably won’t work, but worth a shot.

Also, maybe try a search for keywords “your email had no valid recipients” and see what pops up. I did a quick search and it looked like quite a few threads popped up so maybe someone has had similar problems and fixed them. I didn’t have time to look through them.

OK - I found a thread that offered a variation on the Wiki code that works.  The thread is here:  http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/52752/

I’m also going to update the Wiki.

Great, glad you got it sorted out.