If a form submitted to the WebCom forms processor does not have a corresponding configuration file (/<home_directory>/form/<form_name>.cfg), the forms processor will simply mail the contents of the form to you, with the subject "form_name form", and the following in the message body:

field_name="value"
field_name="value"
filed_name="value"
(etc.)

For example, suppose you created an HTML document containing the following form at your WebCom site:

and you did not create a configuration file for the form. And suppose somebody named Jane Schmoe filled out the form and submitted it. You'd receive a message in your mailbox with the subject "sample form" (this form is named sample), which would look something like this:

name="Jane Schmoe"
email_addr="js@webcom.com"

If you wanted anything else to happen (such as a different format for the mail message, with perhaps the person's name in the subject, or perhaps to accumulate the data in a file in your WebCom directory instead of having each submission mailed to you, etc.), you would need to create a configuration file for the form. [an error occurred while processing this directive]