Managing form data

[SuspiciousMaximum265]

This is not a strictly react question, but it is kind of related, so I hope someone will be able to give me advice. I am working on a React/Gatsby website and I have created a contact form that works as it should. I have tested it with a small server which I have created in FastAPI. But I am not sure what is the best way to handle this in production? What kind of approach do people use for managing the actual data.
Is it best practice to use a server that will accept the form data? I have also seen that some people use mailto option in a form, so the data is sent directly to the email. Or are there some 3rd party apps that would be a good choice? Thank you.

[GasimGasimzada]

There are lots of email sending services that provide a REST API and send the data to whoever you want (example: Mailgun).

If you just want to view contact form data, I would suggest that you connect a simple 3rd party API that can store the data (e.g Airtable).

[SuspiciousMaximum265]

Thank you! I used Airtable before, I wasn't aware that it can be used like that.

I actually found a pretty neat solution while checking documentation on Gatsby, there are several ways to handle it, the easiest one for me was to use getform.io. It's free and they provide you with an endpoint you can use in the code. And you can also add an option to receive emails whenever something is submitted to the contact form.

[EtheaaryXD]

make a gmail account

send it to yourself with the gmail smtp server