First Time Setting Up PHPlist

[akreider2]

I want to setup phplist on my account (semi-dedicated hosting).

I haven't used phplist before, so I'm wondering if there are any specific configuration settings that I should use to get it working on Jaguar?

I know that I should limit the number of emails sent per hour (the Jaguar max is 1000, I might go for 500).

What can I do to configure it to automatically handle bounces?

I've been manually processing bounces for my email newsletter and am sick of it =)

Aaron

[Daniel_DBS]

Use Fantastico

[akreider2]

Thanks. This is my first time trying Fantastico and it appears to work great!

[Daniel_DBS]

NP! Fantastico is awesome for when you either:

a) want to try something new
b) can't get something to install
c) are just lazy!

[akreider2]

I tried to uninstall phplist by deleting it. Now fantastico thinks that it is still installed - how can I change this?

[akreider2]

Oh nevermind. Figured it out.

[Daniel_DBS]

Ruh roh... Big mistake!

When you install something from Fantastico, you must also UNINSTALL it from Fantastico!

Now it is going to think that directory still has it installed.

Just go to Fantastico and click PHPList and then next to the location you installed it in Fantastico will be a button that says REMOVE... Follow those steps for manual removal.

[Daniel_DBS]

Oh nevermind. Figured it out.

Ahhh Good!

[akreider2]

The installation creates a cron job that runs every 15 minutes:

/home/campusac/public_html/lists$ php -q index.php -p processqueue > /dev/null

However this cron job gives an error:

Failed loading /usr/local/IonCube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so: /usr/local/IonCube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Trying to run php on the command line produces this error. Is there another way to run php? I know Jaguar has been changing how php is setup.

[akreider2]

I'm using the default php.ini (eg. I don't have my own php.ini overwriting Jaguar's).

[Daniel_DBS]

It appears that Ioncube is not installed...

Pop a ticket into support asking them if it is installed on your server.

[JPC-Masood]

However this cron job gives an error:

You need to run it via cron, not through shell. If you want to run it through shell, modify the php.ini and remove IonCube from it.

[akreider2]

Ok.

I run it using cron and it generates the index.php page that asks me for my username and password.

The cron job is not working. It doesn't process the queue.

The default Fantastico installation for phplist does not work (if you choose to process the queue using cron jobs, if you choose to do it via web it will work).

[akreider2]

I need to send the password and username to get it to work.

Now when I open this page in my browser this works:
"http://campusactivism.org/lists/admin/index.php?page=processqueue&login=[user]&password=[password]

But when I try to run it as a cron job, this doesn't work:

GET http://campusactivism.org/lists/admi...ssqueue&login=[user]&password=[password]

I use GET to run a bunch of other cron jobs without a problem - so I'm not sure what the difficulty is?

[akreider2]

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