While trying to create the mail form example from the How To I created a property (I thought they where like global variables) with the same name as "comments", and the example failed to work. Once I removed the property, the example worked fine. Can someone explain why? Are properties like global variables? Can you change their values? mail form example ... <!--#var standard_html_header--> <H2>We want your input!</H2> <form action="SendFeedback" method="post"> Your Name: <input type="text" name="name" size="40"> <br> <textarea name="comments" rows="10" cols="50"> Type your comments here. </textarea><br> <input type="submit" value="Send Feedback"> </form> <!--#var standard_html_footer--> ... sendFeedback ... <!--#var standard_html_header--> <!--#sendmail mailhost="MailHost"--> To: Feedback Recipient <form_recipient@example.com> From: Zope Feedback Form <zope_form@example.com> Subject: Feedback from the web Feedback from : <!--#var name--> Comments: <!--#var comments--> <!--#/sendmail--> <h1>Thank you for your input!</h1> <p>Your comments have been sent.</p>