How to set up form mail

Please forgive me if this has been asked before I did a search but did not find the answer to this question and some were vague. I want to make a form that customers can fill out the necessary information hit submit and have it go to my e-mail. How do I do This? Is there script I can use and modify to my needs? I am familiar with HTML but this whole form thing is a bit confusing.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

I would see if your web host has a FAQ about it. I think different hosts do it differently, and some expect that you will build your form using their online utility.

I have used Web Form Designer to build the html, and then used their free hosting service. For me it worked better than what my host had to offer.

 

I have used Formmail.com in the past. If you have experience with CGI and have the capability to install it on the hosting server, the script is free to use. If you would like to use formmail.com as a proxy and have your emails routed through their server, it is very affordable (like $15/yr if I recall) and the configuration instructions are very easy to understand -- especially if you have some html experience. It can be configured so that the recipient cannot tell that the email was routed through formmail.com.

If you have specific questions about creating the html form itself, plenty of people here, myself included, can offer suggestions on the code.

Here is a decent tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp, but feel free to ask any questions.

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks everyone! I will work on this and jump in if I need anymore help. I do have some specific questions on code and will post that if my form I am writing gives me fits. Thanks again you guys are great.