Dadamail

[StephanieP]

Forgive me as I feel like I'm totally lost on installing Dadamail. Here is what I did

 

$PROGRAM_ROOT_PASSWORD = 'password'; I placed one in there

$FILES = '/home/mydomain/dada_files'; I placed my domain name in there

$MAILPROG = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; left that as is

$PROGRAM_URL ='*****/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi' put in my domain.

 

So I did that on the config.pm file, is this correct?

 

After that I created a folder in my cgi-bin folder called dada and in that folder I have the config and mail.cgi file. What other files do I need uploaded, this is where I'm lost and confused. Where is the dada_files folder suppose to be placed and I'm also lost on the chmod 777 part.

 

I'm not a html or script writer, I'm trying ot learn this. All I want is this program set up correctly.

 

If someone can help I'd be forever grateful and is able to explain it in not to tech terms that I can understand Thanks so much.

 

Stephanie

[TCH-Thomas]

Hi and Welcome to the forum, StephanieP.

 

I think but not sure that this thread will help.

[TCH-Bruce]

Welcome to the forums StephanieP

[TCH-Don]

Welcome to the forums StephanieP

 

that should be

$FILES = '/home/cpanelname/dada_files';

 

and

$PROGRAM_URL ='http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi';

 

The link to the other post that Thomas posted should help.

I just followed their install page step by step.

[abinidi]

StephanieP, welcome to the forums!

 

If you are still having troubles after trying to follow that other post, come back and tell us where you're stuck. I'm sure somebody around here can help!

[StephanieP]

Thanks everyone. Ok I'm starting from scratch on it all and let's see how far I get. I had to run off to a meeting in the middle of reading things, just my luck when I'm getting into it I gotta go. off to try now.

[TCH-Thomas]

Please let us know how it goes.

[TweezerMan]

Welcome to the forums, Stephanie!

[StephanieP]

Darn, got a HTTP 500 error when I tried to open the link. Back to read and try to find where I went wrong.

[StephanieP]

With the help of Thomas (thanks) I have gotten closer to having it done. I get this now when I go to the paged:

 

DadaMail: There Seems To Be A Problem

 

Yikes!

 

Dada Mail was not set up properly.

 

'/home/myname/dada_files' is NOT a directory.

 

'/home/myname/dada_files' DOES NOT exist.

 

I created a folder outside the public_html that is called dada_files. So how where have I gone wrong?

[TCH-Bruce]

Are you sure you created a folder an not a file? If it is a folder make sure you change the permissions of the folder to 777.

[StephanieP]

Yes I created a folder and the permissions are 777, still getting the same error. My dada_files folder is outside my public_html.

[StephanieP]

I got it. I created another folder just titled files and changed it in the config file and that worked. But why wouldn't it work with the dada_files folder?

[TCH-Don]

Glad you got it

 

did the dada_files name have any upper case letters?

[StephanieP]

nope, all lower case. I removed the _ (space) and created a folder dadafiles and it's working. So I guess the 'hard' part is done, now to get the program all set up with email list and get ready to send.

 

Thanks everyone

[TCH-Don]

Just checking

thats not a space between the words

but an underscore _

 

spaces in file names do not work.

[TCH-Rob]

Welcome to the forums, Stephanie

[TCH-Thomas]

I´m glad that you got it working Stephanie.

 

As for why it works with files and not dada_files...

Well, I am thinking same as Don on this one. But as I said to you earlier, I will do a testinstallation and and write down everything there is about it, and maybe then we can see what went wrong with dada_files.

 

Anyway, let us know if you need more help.

[StephanieP]

correction on my part..I did have an underscore I just wrote it as _ (space) meaning I had a space with an underscore. So I just removed that and the folder name is dadafiles and it works. I just found it weird that it wouldn't work with the underscore. Because I even used the same folder, just went into the file manager and changed the name of the folder, changed it in the config file and it worked. Had me stumped, but past that now yipee and its working.

 

Thanks everyone SO much!

[TCH-Bruce]

Glad it's working for you!