TCH-Thomas Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 1) I set all stuff in config.pm 2) I uploaded dada directory in cgi-bin and renamed it from dada to DADA from a recommendation and placed mail.cgi where it should be. 3) I created a dada_files outside my public_html as I understand I should do from dada instructions. 4) I set all permissions as they are supposed to be according to dada intructions. 5) I go to www.marveassistans.se/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi and I get a 404. What am I doing wrong? <_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Andy Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I just had a quick look on the server, and the files aren't there - are you sure you upload them to the right account? Or have you continued working on it and deleted the files.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 (edited) I deleted them to restart when I figure out what I did wrong. Also deleted them so I would do no harm to server, thinking about those files outside public_html. Edited October 12, 2004 by Jikrantz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhorizonz Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 If you renamed a directory to DADA from dada then you probably need to call DADA in the address call. I have found that when calling anything in the cgi-bin it IS case-sensitive Hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 I tried that. <_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Don Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I just used the installation page http://mojo.skazat.com/installation/ and followed step by step. And the file public_html/cgi-bin/dada/DADA/config.pm should have the following changed to suite $PROGRAM_ROOT_PASSWORD = 'your pass word for dadamail'; $FILES = '/home/cpanelname/dada_files'; $PROGRAM_URL ='http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi'; and Chmod 755 the mail.cgi scrip and chmod the folder /home/cpanelname/dada_files to 777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 Thats exactly what I did as per emailed instructions from you a while ago and unfortunately it still doesnt work. <_>But on the other hand, I havent been successfull with much for the last days. <_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Don Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 One thing to watch out for is your ftp program may change the case of a folder that happened to me, it changed DADA to Dada I then found a setting in the ftp program to leave the case alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 Looked out for that too unfortunately, Don, but thanks for coming with suggestions. <_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Don Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I am not giving up, we will get this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 Thanks, you are doing it for Jessica. By that I am not saying I will implement same solution my own site. <_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 13, 2004 Author Share Posted October 13, 2004 (edited) The script works now. I understood the instructions wrong and had placed the mail.cgi in wrong folder. However now I have a new problem with another script... >Warning: main(cpanelname/phpnews/headlines.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/cpanelname/public_html/uppdat.html on line 82 Warning: main(): Failed opening 'cpanelname/phpnews/headlines.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/cpanelname/public_html/uppdat.html on line 82 Any clues whats wrong with this one? Edited October 13, 2004 by Jikrantz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Andy Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 (edited) Looks like the link is slightly wrong - it should be /home/cpanelname/public_html/phpnews/headlines.php not cpanelname/phpnews/headlines.php I think. Edited October 13, 2004 by TCH-Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 13, 2004 Author Share Posted October 13, 2004 That one worked better. Thanks Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 13, 2004 Author Share Posted October 13, 2004 Does anyone know if its possible to make Dadas opt-in emails etc speak swedish instead of english in some easy way? I visited the Dada-forum and it looks like its a major job to do it. Is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borfast Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Thomas, I only used Dada mail once for a couple of hours, to try it out but if I recall correctly, you have to change the language inside the PERL files and yes, it's quite some work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 13, 2004 Author Share Posted October 13, 2004 I figured I have too. Its weird that they have alternatives for thank you and goodbye pages but not for this in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 The script works now.I understood the instructions wrong and had placed the mail.cgi in wrong folder. I am having the exact same experience as described in this thread. I thought I followed the instructions. $FILES = '/home/mysitename/dada_files'; $MAILPROG = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; $PROGRAM_URL ='http://www.mydomain.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi'; I upload the DADA folder and all contents - ASCII Set permissions as instructed Do not see any apparent upper-lower case discrepancies When accessing mail.cgi I receive a 404 error. Having perused several threads with this same question, I am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 These are error messages I am receiving: Premature end of script headers: /home/gbulrpdh/public_html/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi File does not exist: /home/gbulrpdh/public_html/www.inssar.org/favicon.ico favicon.ico exists, but it's up a couple levels in the directory tree. It appears I have a configuration issue. Is Dada Mail that much better than Mail Man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borfast Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Pocketman, I never used Dada mail extensively, but I belive they serve different purposes. Dada Mail is more geared towards announcements mailing-lists (i.e., the mailing list owner sends e-mail messages to everyone on the list but list members can't send messages to each other). Mailman on the other hamd is a fully-featured mailing-list software, allowing everyone to participate in the discussions. Imagine these forums but instead of you having to visit the forums via your browser, you'd receive all new posts and post your messages via e-mail. Someone correct me if I'm wrong about Dada if but I think that's pretty much it. Hope it helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Raul - You may have helped much more than three days' worth of reading and attempting to get Dada Mail working. Dada Mail may not be the solution I'm looking for. Perhaps my time would be better spent configuring Mail Man. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borfast Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 No problem Just in case you haven't seen it yet, cPanel has Mailman installed for you, so there's no need to go through the nightmare of setting it up yourself, just create the mailing lists, configure their options and you're all set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmdini Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Seems this post went around about a year and half ago, but I'm coming into these problems now, too. Any help is much appreciated. I've gone over these posts: http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/i...showtopic=13520 http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/i...installing+dada http://mojo.skazat.com/installation/ and come up with a server error 500 on a nice dada mail/welcome to dada mail screen. As with Thomas I did the config.pm thing, I uploaded DADA and mail.cgi into dada (which in turn is in the cgi-bin directory) (which in turn is in the public_html dir). I set the permissions as I believe they stated they should be. Also, I checked case-sensitivities and found everything to be as they should. I also renamed dada_files to dadafiles after Stephanie's problems. I'm using version 2.10.7. Any other help/suggestions would be most appreciated. Thx! -KD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmdini Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Ok. Forget it. I fixed it - it was the ASCII thing. I also just assumed that SmartFTP would default correctly. So, in summation, the way to fix any computing problem, is to go nuts for hours trying to fix something, then post on a message board, then several minutes later figure it out by method of epiphany, or at least do something that was already suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Don Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Welcome to the forums kmdini Yep that works Glad you have it working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Andy Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 works every time Welcome to the forums kmdini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmdini Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Ah, thanks for the welcome! Umm, so I've run into the next problem as is the course of things like this. Maybe it's because I'm distracting myself with Aqua Teen Hunger Force in the background. I'm not willing to fix that, however. So, here's the next situation: I set up a list. When asked to type in a password or create a new list it goes to a server error 500. The Error FAQ suggests chmodding "dadafiles" to 777. It does not fix the problem, however. I'm not going through the advanced setup so I haven't altered any other files. Any help is again appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Andy Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 was it an ASCII / binary issue again on some of the other files you uploaded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmdini Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 hmm, good thought. Let me check.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 Welcome to the forum, kmdini. Yes, installing Dada can be tricky, but a nice script when installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmdini Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 (edited) nope, that wasn't it. Hmm... well, maybe - I might have done parts of it one way and other parts the binary way. I'll try to redo the whole thing again, but I"m going to have to take a break for a while. Thanks for the help! Edited April 2, 2006 by kmdini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Welcome to the forums kmdini Let us know how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmdini Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Ok. A step away from the comp and a complete reinstall with special attention to the ASCII stuff, the dadafile with no underscore, and all permissions worked. Likely, it was as you say - that the ASCII installations were not consistent throughout. I hadn't even heard of binary vs ascii ftp stuff until today. Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Glad you got it sorted out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Don Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Good job, I hope you made notes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Welcome to the forums. Nice to see you got it going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slobjones Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Dada wants a path to "sendmail" and suggests it's located below a "usr" folder, as noted in the setup instructions: /usr/sbin/sendmail or: /usr/lib/sendmail I can find neither "usr" nor "sendmail" in my directory tree. Where are they located? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Tim Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 The correct path is /usr/sbin/sendmail. That is in relation to root on the server, so you are correct, you can't see them in your directory tree, which is /home/cpanelUsername. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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