> Couple of questions.
 > I want to get a mailmerge cgi and modify it to allow
 > people to fill in a form and add the output of the
 > form to an html page.
Can be done... Check around at most sites that offer 'counters' and you'll 
usually find that there is also a script for the forms as well.
 > 1. If my modification to the mailmerge script doesn't
 > work, will it "blow-up" the server?
Nope.  All it will do is call up the other server that is providing the cgi 
service.  If that particular server goes offline for temporary or permanent 
reasons (like moving to another location), then your form and any other 
cgi-script won't work.  There are several around.  For a while I used 
www.escati.com but found that the person running the server kept moving the 
domain about every couple of months and I got tired of having to keep 
checking the sites that I maintain that use the counters, time, and forms off 
www.escati.com.  So I went with the ones that our server finally started 
providing.
 > 2. Can I put the script in a subdirectory off my site
 > and have it run?
The particular server will give you directions (you can even save the 
particular script as clipboard and then edit into your html where you want 

 i.e website is in dir "mysite", can I put the
 > mailmerge script in "mysite\scripts" then have the
 > html page appended in the "mysite" dir.
 > I can't use the dirname cgi-bin.
Not necessary... most call up 'href' just like the rest of your html should 
for locations you wish to hyperlink to your site.
Nancy
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