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I need to create a form that allows file attachments. But, I don't want the files on the server, I just want them to go with the form. How do I do this?
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I looked at FAQs and searched the forum but couldn't find an answer.
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Thanks,
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Jose

You would have to make the file upload function and email function yourself from scratch in PHP.
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Or just upload the files to the server, send them, and periodically delete old files from the folder with a cron job.

CFv5 allows to attach a file to an email without uploading to the server. Add this to the pile of things CFv6 can't do. The more I use CFv6, the less I like it.
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Thanks for your reply.
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Jose

Hi Jose,
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I don't think CFv5 can do that - I don't know how you would do it technically. What you can do is upload the file, send the email, then delete the uploaded copy.
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Bob

Hi Bob, maybe I'm confused. My understanding from the forms I've done with CFv5 was always that the file just got attached to the email. Please take a look at this form I did on CFv5 and tell me if the file attachments end up on the server. And if so, where would I find them?

Sorry but there's no way to tell from the front end. You don't even have any debug information displayed.