I added a small feature in dada_bridge pl, to allow you make the
cronjob call to a URL, instead of directly running the script

I know that dada_bridge pl isn't the simplest script to configure,
and one of the harder things to do is to find all the absolute perl
paths, both the system-wide perl libraries and Dada Mail's own Perl
libraries Getting these wrong makes the script not work when called
as a cronjob and sometimes mysteriously

There's also the problem of setting the cronjob incorrectly, if you
set the absolute path to the script itself wrong, the cronjob again
will fail

This new feature (enabled by default) should allow you to configure
dada_bridge pl without having to do the first issue, and the second
issue is vastly simplified

The changes are currently in CVS:

<http://mojomail
cvs
sourceforge
net/*checkout*/mojomail/ 

dada_mail_stable/dada/plugins/dada_bridge pl? revision=1 78 2 2&pathrev=dada_mail_2_10_12-branch>

If you'd like to check it out Here's the relative changes in the
documentation:

[snip]

Setting the cronjob the, "Easy" Way Basically, you just have to set up the cronjob to check a
specific URL, and this is URL:

     http://example
com/cgi-bin/dada/plugins/dada_bridge
pl?run=1

 Where, *http://example
com/cgi-bin/dada/plugins/dada_bridge
pl*  

is the URL to your copy of dada_bridge pl

 This will basically have dada_bridge
pl check any awaiting  

messages and hopefully, deliver them

 You may have to look through your hosting account's own FAQ,
 Knowledgebase and/or other docs to see exactly how you invoke a  

URL via a cronjob, but here's some examples on how it's usually done In
all these examples, I'll be running the script every minute ( * * *
* * ) - tailor to your taste

 * Using Curl:
      * * * * * curl http://example
com/cgi-bin/dada/plugins/ 

dada_bridge pl?run=1

 * Using wget
      * * * * * /usr/bin/wget -O - -q  http://example
com/cgi-bin/ 

dada/plugins/dada_bridge pl?run=1 or just try: * * * * * wget http://example com/cgi-bin/dada/plugins/ dada_bridge pl?run=1

 * Using lynx:
     * * * * * /usr/bin/lynx -source
     http://example
com/cgi-bin/dada/plugins/dada_bridge
pl?run=1

 Some options:

 If you'd like, you can set up a simple Passcode, to have some  

semblence of security over who runs the program Do this by setting the, $Manual_Run_Passcode variable in the dada_bridge pl source itself

 If you set the variable like so:

     $Manual_Run_Passcode = 'sneaky';

 You'll then have to change the URL in these examples to:

     http://exampl
com/cgi-bin/dada/plugins/dada_bridge
pl? 

run=1&passcode=sneaky

 If you'd like to only run one list, you may do so by changing  

the about URL's to something like this:

     http://exampl
com/cgi-bin/dada/plugins/dada_bridge
pl? 

run=1&list=mylist

 where, mylist is the listshortname of the list you'd like to  

have run

 And for, "the easy way" that's it


 Conversly, if you'd like to disable this technique, the set the
 variable, $Allow_Manual_Run to, "0"

[/snip]

Cheers,