Email filled in PDF file using webmail service

[philipb42291079]

1. I have fillable PDF form that works fine

2. In that form I have a submit button that emails the PDF file to me (as a test).

3.The submit button emails the PDF file to me IF I have a email client like Outlook installed on my computer

4. The submit button does not email the PDF file IF I do not have email client like Outlook installed but want to use a webmail service like aol.com, outlook.com, etc. When I click on the submit button a dialog box opens requesting the type of webmail service. If (for instance) I click on OTHER (for outlook.com) I am asked to enter IMAP and SMTP server information for that webmail service. If I supply the requested information the email is transmitted successfully.

5.This requirement to enter IMAP and SMTP information is unacceptable as the users of this form will be mostly non technical people that wouldn't know how to get the required information.

6. Basically I want to be able to fill in a PDF form and email it to a specified email address contained in the form regardless of whether the user uses a local installed email client (like Outlook or Thunderbird) or one of various webmail services. Does anyone know a method of accomplishing what I would like to do?

[try67 · Accepted solution]

It's not possible with email. It is possible to submit the form (or just the form data) to a web-service (for example, in PHP) and then save it to a local folder on your web-server, or even email it further (that can be done automatically). This is more complicated to set up but is more transparent for the user and doesn't require any interaction, beside agreeing to submit the data. It can even return to them a message when the data has been received successfully.

[adamm25444546]

Well, how would you do it if you have a wordpress site and a email to sent it to?
I'm in the similar situation where I have a pdf I created which I want to have submit to be email to the company email. I would like to keep with the setup because of what type of document it is.

[philipb42291079]

My issue started with the needed to have a PDF Form on a WordPress website and have users fill in the form and email it to us. So I downloaded the PDF file, filled it out, and tried to email it using the Submit button in the PDF form. Work fine if an email client is installed. But using a web mail service you get the issue I originally described. I have looked at over 20 solutions to this problem and finally found one that works and I can afford. The software / website I found takes a PDF form with fillable fields in it and stores it on their web site. A URL link is provided to the file. I take that URL and incorporate it into my WordPress site as a button, hyperlink, etc. The user clicks on the link / button and the form is opened in a new browser window, the user fills out the form, clicks a submit button in the UI and the form is sent to a specified email address. No requirement to download or use PDF editing software. All is down in a browser window. $6.00 month. Worth it to us to be able to fill in the actual form using a browser and email it to us.

[adamm25444546]

What is the software called since it sounds like it used the created PDF form you made for the wordpress site.