# New Cookbook recipe: Basic email contact form

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/new-cookbook-recipe-basic-email-contact-form/13425>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [March 18, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/new-cookbook-recipe-basic-email-contact-form/13425 "2019-03-18T10:48:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/new-cookbook-recipe-basic-email-contact-form/13425/1 "2019-03-18T10:48:18Z")

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We published a new Cookbook article over the weekend: how to use Kirby’s new email engine to send a basic contact form.

> **[Contact form](https://getkirby.com/docs/cookbook/forms/basic-contact-form)**
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> Create a basic contact form that sends HTML or plain text emails.

You can use it as a basis to create your own and extend with client-side validation etc.

We’ll cover file uploads in a future article.

Sonja

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**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/new-cookbook-recipe-basic-email-contact-form/13425/2 "2019-03-18T14:00:07Z")

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