For example /cgi-bin/maillist

5. Upload whole the directory Maillist to your FTP in the /cgi-bin/maillist directory.

All files should be uploaded in ASCII mode. If you are unfamiliar with
what this means please refer to your FTP client documentation. In most
cases this is all handled transparantly by your ftp client but if you
encounter problems later you should be sure the files where uploaded
correctly as described here.

6. Now you have to set up permissions for the files like descripted below:

For the following files set permissions to the CHMOD '755'

• conf.cgi
   
• func.cgi
   
• install.cgi
   
• register.cgi
   
• responder.cgi
   
• broadcaster
   
• starter.cgi
   
• xmlimport.cgi
   
• xmlexport.cgi
   

Set CHMOD '777' for the "backup" directory - script will write MYSQL backups there.

Set CHMOD '666' for the file "cnf.rd" for the installation period then you could change it to CHMOD '644'

All other files should have CHMOD '644'

7. Link your browser to the install.cgi file

For example if your domain name is www.mydomain.com and you placed Autoresponder + Mailing List Manager
in a directory http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/maillist/ you would
enter http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/maillist/install.cgi into your
browser. When you have done this you should see the Installation screen
appear.

 

Before proceeding with installation you should ensure you have a database
available. Most good hosting accounts now come with at least one database
as part of the basic package although it may need to be setup before first
use. Ask your provider for details if you are unsure whether you do or not.

Once you have reached the installation page you need to fill out several
fields. There are 4 steps.
 

• Step 1: To start installation please enter your registration key (license code).
  It will be in the email you received during registration at our site.
• Step 2: Database connection
  If you do not have or do not know the database server, database name,
  database username, database password, please check with your hosting provider.
  The database server is typically localhost but this is not universal! The
  database prefix allows you to enter a few characters, short name, etc.
  which all tables used by this installation will be prefixed with.
  The default (swd_) will usually be fine. However if you have more than one
  copy of Autoresponder + Mailing List Manager using the same database be sure to
  alter it or you will receive errors during installation.

  NOTE: If you receiving error like: "Can not write to cnf.rd file: permission denied",
  please set '666' permissions to it.

• Step 3: Database installation.
  The script will check existing tables on your database. If tables with same prefix
  are exists, you can skip database installation.
  If you are updating script from Lite or old version please look at update*.txt file
  for instructions.
  
  ATTENTION: If you chose to install database all existing tables will be dropped.
• Step 4: Password to access to administration page.
  You will need to choose a password for the initial administration account. You will be able to change
  it later.

  The installation script will create and populate all the necessary tables.

8. Remove some files

AFTER INSTALLATION YOU CAN REMOVE install.cgi and update.cgi scripts from server.

Please backup and change permissions to '644' to your 'cnf.rd' file.

9. Now you should set up activation link for the script

!!!ATTENTION IF YOU WILL NOT DO THIS ITEM THE SCRIPT WON'T WORK AUTOMATICALLY!!!

You place a 1-pixel "image" on a well viewed web page, which activates
the script periodically. If there even one visitor a day it will work fine.

When activated, it checks the POP3 email accounts you specified and sees
if it needs to send a confirmation e-mail to your contacts and adds them
to your mailing list.

The syntax of the activation "image" follows:

<img src="http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/maillist/starter.cgi" border="0">

You can even place the activation image on another domain. It will activate
the script everytime somebody visits that page. However, in my experience,
I suggest that you place it on the entry page to your site.

If this link is set up incorrect you script will NOT work with suscribtion by mail and will NOT send scheduled and sequential messages.

9.1 Alternative method is to set up script through the CRON:

• download this script
• unzip the archive, edit as it said inside and put this script into the directory of the FUMP on your server
• add to CRON this: */25 * * * * perl /home/user/domain-www/cgi-bin/maillist/startercron

  This will run a cron every 25 minutes.

  
   

10. Login to the administrativ area

To run the admin area, just point your browser
to the responder.cgi file

Like this: http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/maillist/responder.cgi

AT LAST the script is installed. You could easily sigh. The most difficult part of the setup is finished :-)

3. Global Settings

Finally you have installed the script. That mean that you are doing well. Now let us set up the global settings.

4. Working with accounts

And now it is time to learn how to work with accounts.

Above you can see an image. it describes the accounts work panel.

With the help of this panel you can:

• Create an account
• Delete an account
• Change accounts status

To create an account:

1. Type the name of the new account in the "Name" field
2. In the field "Clone" you can choose an account to clone or make a new account. For new account choose option "--blank--".
3. Click "New account" button

Clone means that the whole options will be copied to the new account.

To delete an account:

1. Click the check boxes near accounts you want to delete.
2. Push "delete selected" button

To change status of the account:

If the status is "inact." that mean that this account do not work.

1. Click the check boxes near accounts you want to change status.
2. Click the "Change status" button

5. Setting up account options

To get to the account options try this:

1. Login to the admin area
2. Click in the accounts working panel on the account
3. Click on the "Account options"

In this place we have such groups of options:

1. Personal
2. Subscribing options
3. Logging
4. Localization
5. Pop3 settings
6. Ban e-mails

Personal

In this group of setting you should set up personal information.

Subscribing options

This group of options is for the subscribing e-mails

Logging

Localization

Pop3 settings

You can also get subscribers by having them click on an e-mail link. Just create a new e-mail address for your domain or any pop3 e-mail account. This is especially useful if you want to avoid the possibility of someone entering a false name and e-mail address because it will collect their information directly from their email client.

Ban e-mails

Now we have set up the account options. The next operation is to set up HTML form for the subscribers

6. Making HTML form for subscribers

It is time to make a special form for those who want to subscribe to your list.

To make a HTML form:

1. Login to the admin area
2. Click in the accounts working panel on the account
3. Click on the "HTML Form"

Here you can see fields of the form. The two fields above with the names "Name" and "Email" are reserved. They CANT be deleted or moved.

You can:

• Add field
• Remove field
• Change field position
• Edit field

How to add a field? Under the fileds you have such a link "Click here to add new field". Click it.

• Give the name to the field
• Check "is required?" if you want that the user necessarily fill it
• Select field format: TEXT - means one string text field, TEXTAREA - means multi string field
• Click "Add field" button

The browser will return to the page of making HTML from. Add you will see your new field at the last possition. But you can change field position. For this:

• Using "Move UP | DOWN" move the field where ever you want

Using "change field position" you can set up following order of fields.

But sometimes you need to remove the field cause it is don't need any more:

• Just click "Drop" near the field to remove it from the form.

And if you want just to change some setting you should use "Edit" feature:

• Click on the "Edit" near te field and fill in fields ass in the "Add field" form

Below you can see the HTML code of your form. You must copy it and paste into your page without changing anything!

FUMP have an option that help to subscribe people to other accounts

Select accounts where do you want automaticly subscribe prospects when they are subscribed on this account

Just check other account you want subscribers to be subscribe to and press "Save accounts"

Under the HTML code you can see in real time you HTML form as it wil me on the site and edit it if needed.

7. Working with prospect list

Up to this time you have set up global and account options, HTML form for the users. And now let us learn how to work with prospects.

To start work with prospects you have to get to the prospect menu:

1. Click in the account menu on the account
2. Click the "subscriber manager"

Now you see a new menu which contains 5 items:

• Add new prospect
• Import list
• Export list
• Copy from account
• Bulk removal

With the help of this menu you can operate your prospect list.

You also see display features. With the help of them you can view your prospects.

To delete the prospect check the checkbox near prospect(stroked on the picture above by green line) and click "Remove" (stroked on the picture above by red line).

Also you can change account status (active/inactive). For this check the checkbox near prospect(stroked on the picture above by green line) and then click button "Invert status".

To show/hide field check/uncheck checkboxes stroked by blue line and click "Display"

Let us examine the first item of the menu - Add new prospect

This item is used for administrators to add prospect by hands. For example, you want to add your friend and with the help of this item you can do this from the admin area.

After clicking on this item you'll see your HTML form as it was at your site. You have to fill in the fields. Below the HTML form you have to choose beggining what day prospect should be added:

But if it is time to add a lot of prospect it is impossible to add them by hands. For this purpose we have Import list item of menu

Here you can add new contacts to your "current prospects" list and run them through your entire message set. You can either paste them into the "Insert text" box or upload them in a txt file using the format below:

John Smith|his@email.com
or:
his@email.com
or:
<his@email.com>
or:
John Smith <his@email.com>
or:
“John Smith” his@email.com
or:
John Smith his@email.com

One contact per row. When ready, click the Import Prospects button.

Check "Send subscribe message for all imported prospects" if you want that the user's whom you have added were sent e-mails

And then below you have to check same as in the "Add new prospect" item. Those radio buttons have the same meaning

The next item of the menu is Export list

This feature for those who is making backups.

Now set export options.

In the "Format" field select the exporting format for the list. In "Filter" field select what account to export: Active, All, Inactive. And below select where to export your list: File or Page.

In the next item of menu Copy from accont you can copy prospect from the other account. For this select an account in the select box and sin the filter field select what prospect do you want to copy.

And the last item of the menu is Bulk removal

This item for removing prospect from the list. You have to anly type an e-mail or e-mails and it will be deleted from account or accounts. You can also use a mask. For example if you type "hotmail" in the text box this will remove all emails that contains
"hotmail" in any part of the email address. i.e. hotmail@aol.com, mike@hotmail.com, myhotmail@email.com - will all be removed from the list
 

8. Working with messages

The last item of our manual is this page. Here you'll know how to create, edit, remove messages. Also how to send them.

To get to the message manager you should do this:

• Click in the account panel on the accout
• Click menu item "Edit messages"

When you do this you'll see such a screen:

With this manager you can:

• Create a message
• Edit a message
• Remove a message
• Send a message

At the top you can see three messages which can't be removed because they are reserved by the script. But they can be edited as you wish. To edit these messages just press "Edit" opposite them. There you can change the subject, type, charset, priority and body of the predefined messages.

Uncheck the checkboxes and press "Update settings" if you want messages not to be sent.

With the preview button opposite the messages you can preview how they will look.

Now let's learn how to create a new message

For this press "Add new message>>>". You'll get to the create message section. Fill in the form as yo wish (you can use variables meaning of which is described at the bottom of Create message section) and press "Save".

The message could be of three different types:

• Autoresponding - the script sends messages automaticaly after specified days (these messages displayed in the "Sequential messages" section)
• At date - the message will be sent at the specified date (these messages displayed in the "Manual/Shedule messages" section)
• Manually - you should by your hands send message (these messages displayed in the "Manual/Shedule messages" section)

You can create either TEXT message or HTML messages. For this please select an option in the field "Type"

But you can edit messages wich are already made

For this just click on the Message Subject and you'll get to the "Edit message" section. It has the same from as "Create message" section.

Also it is possible to remove a message

Just check the checkboxes opposite the messages and press "Remove" button under section where you have checked the boxes

We have also feature which gives the opportunity to send messages manually.

With the help of "Broadcast" button you can send "manual messages" and "At date messages". For this:

• Check the boxes opposite messages you want to send
• Press "Broadcast

The marked messages will be sent immediately.

BUT YOU CAN'T DO THIS WITH "Sequential messages".

And one more thing - we have button "Terminate process". what does it do?

In the column "In progress" which is opposite the message subject you can see how much messages are left to send.

It terminates the process of sending messages. For example, you have pressed "Broadcast" but have mistaken and want to terminate the sending process.

Then you:

• check checkboxes opposite message where you need to terminate broadcasting
• and just press this button.

To check sending messges at the bottom there is test send:

• Check messages what to send
• enter e-mail for testing
• press "Test send"