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One action URL. Your form. Our inbox.

1. Get an action URL

Sign up. Name the form (for example “Contact”). Copy https://smote.sh/f/FORM_ID.

2. Put it on your form

<form action="https://smote.sh/f/FORM_ID" method="POST">
  <input name="email" required>
  <textarea name="message" required></textarea>
  <button>Send</button>
</form>

Field names become the columns you see in the inbox. Files are rejected. You do not add a captcha.

3. Special fields

NameWhat it does
_redirectAfter a successful POST, send the browser to this URL (your thank-you page).
_hpHoneypot. Leave it empty and hide it with CSS. If a bot fills it, we drop the post.

Any other name is stored as a column. _redirect and _hp are not stored.

<input type="hidden" name="_redirect" value="https://yoursite.com/thanks">
<input type="text" name="_hp" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off" style="position:absolute;left:-9999px" aria-hidden="true">

4. Read the inbox

Every submit is stored. Export CSV if you want a spreadsheet. We also email you when something arrives.

5. Optional webhook

If you later want the same row POSTed to your own URL, set it on the form. HMAC-SHA256 of timestamp + "." + raw_body, header x-smote-signature: sha256=….

Limits

Free: 1 form, 50 / month. Paid: 20 forms, 2,000 / month.

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