what's in the add_list.cgi script?

hi all.

i have a site where users can sign up to be on an announcement list. everything works fine and i have it configured to do all the right things.

i'd like to add an extra layer of security with a captcha code.

i can't self reference the page to check the captcha code and then auto-submit the values to the add_list.cgi script.

does anyone know what the add_list.cgi contains and if i can pass all the same values to dreamhost without pointing the form action to:

http://scripts.dreamhost.com/add_list.cgi

here is how to make the form:
http://wiki.dreamhost.com/KB_/_Web_Programming_/_CGI,_PHP_&_Databases_/_Announcement_Mailing_List

thanks!
-tony

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does anyone know what the add_list.cgi contains and if i can pass all the same values to dreamhost without pointing the form action to:

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This is a customer forum and we wouldn't know what the contents of that file would be unless DreamHost disclosed it.

If you are a developer then you will be interested in this instead:

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/API

Or you can try taking the route of having your own CGI script handle the CAPTCHA and then use a HTTP client library (ie cURL or LWP) to send a request to the DreamHost script.

So either way you're going to need a CGI script that makes an HTTP request itself.

openvein.org -//- Edited by Atropos7 on 07/13/09 08:12 AM (server time).

thanks a lot! at a glance, the api is what i need. :)