Setting your web site as a valid referrer in formmail.pl

• Download and install EditPad Classic
• Start EditPad and Open formmail.pl
• Press CTRL + G on your keyboard to go to a specific line in EditPad
• Type 41 on your keyboard in the Go to Line dialog in EditPad
• Click the Let’s Go button
• You will notice that line 41 reads:
  
  @referers = ('www.yourdomain.com','255.255.255.255');
  
  (or something similar) If line 41 of this file is not the referrers statement then you can scroll up or down from this point until you locate it.
• If the first referrer (the domain name) contains your site’s domain name and the second contains your IP address just close the file or proceed to the next step if needed. The Referrer has already been properly set.
• If the domain name is wrong please change it. (Remember you should specify “www.” at the beginning as this is the way the domain name reads in your key file when you get it.)
• If the IP address for your domain name is wrong please change it. (If you don’t know what it is click here to find out.)
• Be very careful to leave the 4 single quote marks in the referrers line intact. Only change the two items in blue as indicated above leaving the rest of the line alone.
• Save the file by pressing CTRL + S on your keyboard
• If this is the last thing you need to do upload it using WS_FTP LE otherwise go to one of the steps below

Determining your domain name’s IP address

• Click the Windows Start Button and click Run...
• In the Open: field in the Run dialog type:
  
  command
  
  and click OK.
• When the DOS prompt appears type:
  
  tracert yourdomain.com
  
  (substitute yourdomain.com with your actual domain name. If you don’t already have a domain name Get one for $13.50 a year.)
• The DOS command prompt window will display the results of your trace. Next to your domain name will be your IP address. It will be 4 sets of 3 or less numbers each separated by “dots” (.) something like this: 161.58.207.99
• Enter this IP address next to your domain name in the referrers statement mentioned above.