# Contact forms on web sites

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-forms-on-web-sites/47918>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [June 4, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-forms-on-web-sites/47918 "2025-06-04T23:28:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![paulcruice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@paulcruice](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/paulcruice)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-forms-on-web-sites/47918/1 "2025-06-04T23:28:55Z")

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For me, it is very important that a Contact Form on a web site send me a copy of what I have written on this contacts page of the web site. The Problem: if the web site gets back to me 3 weeks later, I will have forgotten what I **precisely** wrote to them.  
Most programmers do not allow for this vital feature on their Contacts page. In my view, it should be automatic to send back to me a copy of what I wrote. For legal discussions, this is vital.  
I fail to understand why this isn’t an **automatic** feature of every web page Contacts form.  
Cheers.

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**Author:** ![barchard](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/barchard/32/2292_2.png) [@barchard](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/barchard)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-forms-on-web-sites/47918/2 "2025-06-05T01:24:52Z")

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Hi Paul,

I’m not sure I understand. Can you please elaborate? I am wondering if [FormsPlus](https://chillidogsoftware.com/products/formplus) may work.

Thanks  
Greg

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**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-forms-on-web-sites/47918/3 "2025-06-05T01:56:57Z")

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> [@barchard](#):
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> I’m not sure I understand. Can you please elaborate? I am wondering if [FormsPlus](https://chillidogsoftware.com/products/formplus) may work.

@barchard Can we please get FormsPlus on [Elements](https://elementsapp.io/)? I would love to be able to use more sophisticated forms and FormsPlus certainly delivers on that front.

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**Author:** ![paulcruice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@paulcruice](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/paulcruice)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-forms-on-web-sites/47918/4 "2025-06-05T02:12:52Z")

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Hi Greg, if you fill a web site contact form giving detailed information on that form, the information you wrote is sent to the company whose web site form you are filling out. You do not get a copy of what you sent to them, back to your own email address and so you do NOT have a copy of what you wrote in the form. That is problematic.  
However, if the web site form were to automatically send you a copy, then you will know all that you wrote to the company. The problem arises when the company replies to you BUT do not add a copy of your web email to their reply.  
Hope that explains it.  
Cheers

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**Author:** ![barchard](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/barchard/32/2292_2.png) [@barchard](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/barchard)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-forms-on-web-sites/47918/5 "2025-06-05T03:05:59Z")

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Hi Paul,

Yes, FormsPlus can do this. You can customize what gets sent to YOU (via [FormReceipt Template](https://chillidogsoftware.com/help/form-receipt-template)) and what is sent to the COMPANY (via [Form Submission Template](https://chillidogsoftware.com/help/form-submission-template)). Both of these templates are completely customizable and support the ability to [enter what the user submits](https://chillidogsoftware.com/help/how-to-enter-user-submitted-information-into-templates). This provides BOTH parties a copy of the data.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Cheers  
Greg

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**Author:** ![paulcruice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@paulcruice](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/paulcruice)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-forms-on-web-sites/47918/6 "2025-06-05T05:23:10Z")

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That’s great Gregory but we need it in [Elements](https://elementsapp.io/).  
Cheers