Programming in Perl

Homework 6

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What should the user see after the email is sent?
    Some sort of status message saying the message was successfully sent would be appropriate. Whether this is on a blank screen saying "Press Back to continue" or on the address book screen is up to you.
  2. Absolutely nothing happens when I push a submit button. The browser doesn't even attempt to run the program again. Nothing. What's wrong?
    Did you remember to create a form on the page before printing out the input fields, including the submits? Input fields do nothing if they're not surrounded by <form ...> and </form>
  3. From whom should the email be sent?
    Anything that "makes sense" is acceptable. username@cs.rpi.edu would be fine, for example.
  4. Are there any requirement on the lengths on passwords?
    The password must be greater than or equal to one character long (ie, no blank passwords allowed).