[thelist] Perl error: formmail

Steve Wilhite sw at amphitheatre.net
Tue Nov 28 05:15:04 CST 2000


>>-----------------------
>>Internal Server Error
>>The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable
>>to complete your request.
>>Please contact the server administrator, webmaster at debt-end.com and inform
>>them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that
>>may have caused the error.
>>
>>


>If you're using a 'canned' script, I would start by making sure that 
>things like the interpreter path (first line in the script) and the 
>various config elements in the script match the setup on the server. 
>That's often a problem when adapting scripts that you either didn't 
>write or that were written on a different machine or in a different 
>environment.
>
>That specific error message can mean alot of stuff, but it usually 
>means one of the following (in case this helps):
>
>1. The script didn't output anything.  This is a common error.  As 
>part of the CGI spec, the called script _must_ return something, 
>starting with a Content-type header (and I think that's it for 
>requirements, but if you just send the header and no content, users 
>will have a blank page).  If the script just executes and doesn't 
>return any output, you will get a 500 error.
>
>2. The script wasn't able to run.  This is usually caused by a bad 
>path to your Perl interpreter (see above).


Don't forget to check the simplest: were file permissions set after 
the script was uploaded?

sw





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