How to Install MojoMail

Article No. 164
Created: 03:09 AM 12.26.03
Author: HPU Support [Link: support@homepageuniverse.com]
Original URL: https://my.homepageuniverse.com/support/knowledgebase/question.php?qstId=164

Mojo Mail is an easy to setup E-Mail List Management System to use on your website. It works on any site that can run CGI scripts and can be setup in minutes. Mojo Mail is *not* Majordomo-like, meaning it's not hard to setup, administrate, or customize.

Downloading Download the latest tarred version of the script (currently 2.8.9) from the official Mojo Mail Download Site [Link: http://my.homepageuniverse.com/'http://my.homepageuniverse.com//]. Extract the files locally on your computer using any of the many unzip/untar programs available. Configuring There are two separate ways to configure Mojo Mail. Both ways have been outlined below: Option 1: This option involves changing a few lines in the configuration file that comes with the tarred download (config.pm). These Lines are as follows: Line 114: $MOJO_ROOT_PASSWORD = 'root_password'; Replace root_password with the desired password you wish to use for Mojo Mail Line 139: $FILES = '/home/youraccount/mojo_files/'; Replace /home/youraccount/mojo_files with /home/httpd/vhosts/yoursite.com/httpdocs/mojodir, making sure to place your domain in for yoursite.com and your mojo directory for mojodir Line 156: $MAILPROG = '/usr/lib/sendmail'; Replace /usr/lib/sendmail with /usr/sbin/sendmail Line 169: $MOJO_URL = 'http://www.changetoyoursite.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi'; Replace changetoyoursite.com with the domain for your site Option 2: This option involves creating a file called mojo_config.txt and inserting the following: $MOJO_ROOT_PASSWORD = 'root_password'; $FILES = '/home/httpd/vhosts/yoursite.com/httpdocs/mojodir'; $MAILPROG = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; $MOJO_URL = 'http://www.changetoyoursite.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi'; Replace root_password with the desired password you wish to use for Mojo Mail, make sure to place your domain in for yoursite.com and your mojo directory for mojodir and replace changetoyoursite.com with the domain for your site NOTE: You will need to make a single change to the config.pm file: Line 255: $MOJO_CONFIG_FILE_DIR; Change this line to reflect the location of your mojo_config.txt file: $MOJO_CONFIG_FILE_DIR = '/home/httpd/vhosts/yoursite.com/cgi-bin/mojo'; Note: The default setup for Mojo Mail is to utilize a flat file system. However, it can be configured to utilize a database instead. Uploading Once you've made the modifications utilizing one of the above options, upload mojo.cgi (and mojo_config.txt if using option 2) to your cgi-bin in ASCII (Text) Mode. The permission for mojo.cgi will need to be changed to 0755 after being placed on the server. Upload the entire MOJO folder to your cgi-bin. No permission modifications are necessary. Create the folder under your cgi-bin that you listed for the variable $FILES either in config.pm (Option 1) or mojo_config.txt (Option 2). If you utilized option 2, you can rename mojo_config.txt on the server to .mojo_config to make the file hidden. Setting Up Enter http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi in your address bar and enter the password you entered during the configuration stage above. You will than be able to start creating lists. Security Once you've created all the lists you wish to create, you can add a # sign in front of  the following line, to prevent others from creating new lists: Option 1 - Line 114: #$MOJO_PASSWORD = 'root password'; Option 2 - Line 1: #$MOJO_PASSWORD = 'root password';

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