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What You Need:
An FTP client (Transmit - external link)
A text editor (TextWrangler - external link)
An activated CGI-BIN folder in your "public_html" directory on your site. (if you don't already have
one setup for your site, please request
one. For more information on cgi-bin's click here.)
1. Go to http://mojo.skazat.com/download/ (external link) and download the latest copy of the Dada Mail installation package. The file will download as dada followed by a version number and ending with a .tar.gz extension. We'll refer to this as the dada.tar.gz file.
2. If the installation package doesn't expand automatically, double click the dada.tar.gz file. This should force the compressed dada.tar.gz to expand into a folder called "dada". We'll refer to this folder the dada folder from now on.
3. Open up the dada/DADA/Config.pm file in TextWrangler. The Config.pm file holds four variables that you need to change to configure Dada Mail.
$PROGRAM_ROOT_PASSWORD = 'yourpassword'; (replace yourpassword with the root password you'd like to use. This should not be your ftp password.)
$FILES = '/Library/WebServer/WebSites/yourusername/dadafiles/'; (Replace "yourusername" with your ftp username.)
$MAILPROG = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; (this is correct and doesn't need to be changed.)
$PROGRAM_URL ='http://www.yourdomainname.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi'; (Replace "yourdomainname.com" to your domain name.)
4. Log into your ftp directory using Transmit (instructions) and navigate outside of the public_html folder (the root of your user directory). Create a folder called "dadafiles" here. (Select new folder in the top left of Transmit)
5. Change the file permissions on the "dadafiles" folder to 777. To do this using Transmit, highlight the "dadafiles" folder and press command + i. In the window that pops up, type 777 into the bottom field and then click "Apply".
6. Next, navigate to the cgi-bin folder inside of your public_html folder. Create a new folder called "dada". (Select new folder in the top left of Transmit)
7. Next navigate into the "dada" directory you just created. Upload the mail.cgi script and the DADA directory from the dada folder into this newly created directory (dada) that's in your cgi-bin.
8. Change the file permissions on the file mail.cgi to 755. To do this using Transmit, highlight the mail.cgi file and press command + i. In the window that pops up, type 755 into the bottom field and then click "Apply".
9. Got to http://www.yourdomainame.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi in your browser. If all goes well you will see a page displaying the text "Congratulations, Welcome to DadaMail"
For further support on configuring Dada Mail visit the support site http://mojo.skazat.com/support/. (external link)
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