1. Instead of using a cgi script you can get some feedback by using the "mailto" code that Dave Raggett describes on page 201. Simply create a link like <a href="mailto:webmaster@address.com">.

You can make this more specific with <a href="mailto:webmaster@address.com"?subject="topic you pick">

Or before you put the closing quotation marks and bracket you can add ?cc=person@otheraddress.com to send an automatic copy to another person.

Your audience can change the subject and copy when the email form pops up, but what you type becomes the default in the form unless they change it when writing to you.

It is good to be thoughtful about the text when you attach this "mailto" link. (In the following examples the highlighted and underlined blue words are only dummy links and will not take you anywhere.) Consider:

It is very annoying to see a person's name in the middle of a page, expect to get biographical information about the person and only get a "mailto:" link. For example, when you read that "This page was created by Jo Smith at the Fancy Design Studio." It is better to include something in your text that warns people they are only getting a "mailto:" link.

It is usually a good idea to actually spell out the address when using the "mailto:" link with text that reads something like: "For more information contact webmaster @site.com" That way if the person is working with a browser that doesn't allow email, or they don't want to write you that moment but want the address, it is easily available.

2. To use cgi script on your web page, you need (1) a server that allows cgi scripts, (2) a cgi script adapted to your needs and (3) appropriate code in your html to use the script.