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I really have just a couple of questions.

#1. When setting up the email addresses. I used two different addresses as suggested. The "to" address is a legitimate address, the "from" address isn't created to my knowledge. I tested the form by putting my own email address in as the "to" address and it worked. Is there a need to set up the "from" email address?

#2. What function does the database button have and is it necessary? I am guessing that the database is so you can store emails in the backend, but I'm not sure.

Thank you,
Dawn

Hi Dawn,

#1:
This really comes down to the mail servers involved in the transaction. Most, if not all, routing email servers these days reject mails coming from an invalid domain, so you'll need a valid domain at least. If the server hosts the domain, it might also check to see if there's a mailbox for that address.
In the end, you probably want this to be a valid address anyway, as this is where any delivery notices would be sent.

#2:
The database connection allows you to create a database table, which will be filled with the actual submitted data. This, then, allows you to make use of this data in some component or module which knows how to make sense of this data (ChronoComments is a good example of this, entirely built in ChronoForms). Whether you need it or not, depends on what you intend to do with your form(s).

/Fredrik