DADA mail vs. a program running on local computer?

j-z · 10-22-2008, 01:15 PM

I'm looking for a solution for my clients and have considred DADA mail on several occassions. The thing is my clients are not tech savvy and I am concerned that DADA mail will not be user-friendly enough for them.

I see these products out there for mass mailings (i.e. Handymailer, www.handymailer.com) and I'm wondering what the downside of using that is?

The recommendation on Nexus Portal is always DADA.

**RobbieLePommie** · 10-22-2008, 03:17 PM

You're more likely to get your local ISP to block you for sending SPAM if you send bulk e-mails through them. With HostNexus you know the limits - so it's easier to avoid sending too much e-mail.

I've not used "HandyMailer" but can it handle auto-subscribe (not sure if that's a legal requiremnt for you, but it is in come countries). Youc could also argue that if they can't use something realtively simple like DADA, should they really be trustingthemselves to send out mass mailings anyway? Nothing can ruin your reputation more that "Whoops, sorry, please ignore that previous e-mail. Here's a new one" to all your customers.

lharvey · 10-25-2008, 07:23 AM

Agree with Robbie.

I've been using DADA for years now and so have some of my clients.

Lee

j-z · 10-25-2008, 05:59 PM

My only concern with DADA is that the interface might seem a bit simplistic for some of my clients. But I'm planning to get one client set up with it and see how it goes. How difficult did you find the initial DADA Mail set-up? I'm quite tempted to pay the $100 set-up fee through DADA support.

**MikeMann** · 10-25-2008, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j-z

My only concern with DADA is that the interface might seem a bit simplistic for some of my clients. But I'm planning to get one client set up with it and see how it goes. How difficult did you find the initial DADA Mail set-up? I'm quite tempted to pay the $100 set-up fee through DADA support.

I'd use the install tutorial here before you decide whether or not to pay to have installed for you

Dada Mail Install

lharvey · 10-25-2008, 07:09 PM

I've installed it at least 10 times for myself and customers. Probably more. If I CAN DO IT, you can do it.

I'm old.

j-z · 10-25-2008, 07:18 PM

LOL! Awesome. I'll give it a try then. Thanks for the encouragement lharvey.

Mike - -thanks for the link. I didn't know HN had a tutorial on it. That gives me a lot more confidence in trying the install.

**MikeMann** · 10-25-2008, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j-z

Mike - -thanks for the link. I didn't know HN had a tutorial on it. That gives me a lot more confidence in trying the install.

Many more available and even more coming soon!

j-z · 10-25-2008, 09:43 PM

I'm having a problem that I cannot get past. When I try to open the login page at this address: http://www.some-domain.com/cgi-bin/DADA/mail.cgi I get this error:

Can't locate DADA/Config.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ./ ./DADA ./DADA/perllib/home/

I changed a portion of the mail.cgi file and the error message changed to reflect the change I had made. It seems I need to have a correct route to something.

The mail.cgi file has these instructions. Have you had to modify this line to get it working?

use lib qw(
./
./DADA
./DADA/perllib/home/httpd/vhosts/yourdomain.com/httpdocs/
../../../perl
../../../perllib

);

# This list may need to be added to. Find the absolute to path to this
# very file. This:
#
# /home/youraccount/www/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi
#
# Is an example of what the absolute path to this file may be.
#
# Get rid of, "/mail.cgi"
#
# /home/youraccount/www/cgi-bin/dada
#
# Add that line after, "./DADA/perllib" above.

(ROB: Edited at j-z's request)

**RobbieLePommie** · 10-26-2008, 01:34 AM

/home/httpd/vhosts/[yourdomain.com]/cgi-bin is probably the path you need to add...