As described above, use both taint mode and CGI.pm as follows:

#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
#warnings and taint mode now enabled
use CGI;
#you may now use the CGI methods.
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On CGI security: If you're not using the inputted data in shell calls, then you're relatively safe. Taint mode specifically checks for this. Of course, some loser can still input some random schlop, so work your CGI with "valid entry or reject"/deny-allow in mind. As I said earlier, CGI.pm provides numerous functions for EXACTLY what you are doing (and doing incompletely), including character escaping, so click that link and read the docs on it.

AgentM Systems nor Nasca Enterprises nor Bone::Easy nor Macperl is responsible for the comments made by AgentM. Remember, you can build any logical system with NOR.

I'm working on a new scritp with the CGI stuff and its giving me this error when I run it on my pc that says "Too late for the "-T" option at mailer.cgi line 1." Is this just because on running it on a pc?

It's probably because you're running it as

perl foo.pl
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When the first line of the script looks something like:

#!c:\perl\bin\perl -T
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Just change the command line to perl -T foo.pl, or execute the script directly (i.e. don't run it through the interpreter on the command line) and you're golden.

P.S. "P.C." usually refers to the archictecture (i386), I understand you as meaning "Windows," my apologies if that assumption is incorrect.

HTH

Philosophy can be made out of anything. Or less -- Jerry A. Fodor

Is your web server running mod_perl? If so, check out this node Re: Confused about Taint.

Thanks I'll do that and let you all know how it works! I wrote that script.