Hi, I’m trying to build into an existing perl script that I have to require mail.cgi and use the send_email sub but I’m having problems determining what variables I need.  This is what I have so far. require "mail.cgi"; $list = "APSNewVehicles"; $message_subject = "testing subject"; $email_format = "PlainText_and_HTML"; $text_message_body = "hello this is a test<BR>testing again"; $im_sure = "1"; $process = "1"; &send_email; Your help ...Continue Reading

At 2:18 AM -0600 5/6/07, Dada Mail \(Justin Simoni\) wrote: > >On May 5, 2007, at 11:07 PM, John Collins wrote: >>I entered two to be sure. One as you recommended in the prior >>email and the second one that included /dada/ in the path: > >OK - find out the exact one instead of guessing - try running just: > > /home/meetingsandmixers/www/cgi-bin/plugins/scheduled_mailings.pl >--run --verbose > >on the command line and see if it does anything. If it does (and >paste the res ...Continue Reading

On May 5, 2007, at 11:07 PM, John Collins wrote: > I entered two to be sure. One as you recommended in the prior > email and the second one that included /dada/ in the path: OK - find out the exact one instead of guessing - try running just: /home/meetingsandmixers/www/cgi-bin/plugins/scheduled_mailings.pl -- run --verbose on the command line and see if it does anything. If it does (and paste the results, if you're not sure), it should be correct. > Seems like it oughta ask for my dada password somewh ...Continue Reading

At 5:39 PM -0600 5/5/07, Dada Mail \(Justin Simoni\) wrote: >On May 4, 2007, at 4:36 PM, John Collins wrote: > >>I don't really understand why a one time mailer is a cron function >>when the sending parameters are set in Beatude. > >Because Beatitude doesn't run all the time - it runs, looks and see >if there are mailings that needs to be done and quits. That's why >you have to keep running it, again and again; > >What's the line in the cronjob look like? I entered two to be sure ...Continue Reading

On May 4, 2007, at 4:36 PM, John Collins wrote: > I don't really understand why a one time mailer is a cron function > when the sending parameters are set in Beatude. Because Beatitude doesn't run all the time - it runs, looks and see if there are mailings that needs to be done and quits. That's why you have to keep running it, again and again; What's the line in the cronjob look like? Also, if you run the cronjob just on the command line, does it work? How about with the, --verbose flag, does it pri ...Continue Reading

Update 330pm Fri Found a second page in the Magic Book that referred to Beatude. The second one did bring up cronjobs. (why two separate pages? Easy to miss #2) So I used the Terminal in Mac OSX to add one like your example that polls (as I understand it) Beatude every half hour. Went back in with Terminal and ran a cronjob -e and it was there. Moreover, went into Apache and found the file, downloaded it and verified its existence exactly as entered. Still no cigar. Reset Beatude within the Dada Admin pane ...Continue Reading

On May 4, 2007, at 9:08 AM, John Collins wrote: > > Cronjob? Shoot, no. I just reviewed the Beatude page in the Magic > Book again and didn't see a thing about setting a cronjob. http://mojo.skazat.com/support/documentation/ scheduled_mailings.pl.html#setting_up_the_cron_scheduled_job > As far as SSH, I'm on a Mac and am not sure what that is or what I > would use to do that. BUT, I think I have command line access the > hard way. I can download any of the files in Dada, or most Apache & ...Continue Reading

Cronjob? Shoot, no. I just reviewed the Beatude page in the Magic Book again and didn't see a thing about setting a cronjob. I don't care about repeating mailings. I only want to send a single mailer to my list next week at a time when I cannot be here to send it manually. Just like the first example in the Magic Book where you pretend to go to Vegas. There's no mention of setting a cronjob on that example in the book. You just set it to mail at a specified time and let Beatude do its thing. As far as SSH, ...Continue Reading

Here's two things to check: Did you set the cronjob? And if you did, do you have access to the command line (via ssh?) If so, try running the command that you've set in the cronjob right on the command line and see if it works - odds are, if it works for you on the command line, it'll work in the cronjob. For example, if you've set the cronjob to something like this: */5 * * * * /usr/bin/perl /home/youraccount/cgi-bin/plugins/ scheduled_mailings.pl --run Running it right from the command line: prompt:]/usr ...Continue Reading

First time I've tried Beatude. (Testing for now, but need it next week) The comments are removed in config.pm so it should be fully active In fact, it is active in the Admin panel. Noted that the server time is an hour ahead of local. Clicked the active button Set up a message, both text and html Sent "Test to mailing list owner" and got it fine. Then set one up, compensating for server time, set it to fire in 15 minutes (again, server time) Clicked to "only send this schedule to list owner" Cli ...Continue Reading