Abstract: A system and method for transmission of documents including word processing, spread sheets, and other formatted documents, over a computer network with no need for additional formatting software by using a CGI sending script to send e-mail with the selected document, in its native format, as an attachment to e-mail submissions or obtained directly from websites using standard word processing programs, with end user prerequisites for using the method and system being standard word processing software and e-mail capability; the form may returned to the server in electronic form, and the accompanying data posted to one or more databases, or automatically stored on disk, printed, or routed to other e-mail addresses.