[Typo3-debian] Re: Newsletter problem (direct mail)

Sat Oct 16 13:48:58 CEST 2004

Hello Alexander,

First of all, thanks for your response...

What I did so far, after reading several manuals:

1.
Installed extensions: plugin_mgm, tt_address, direct_mail,
direct_mail_subscription

2.
Created a 'Not in menu' page and named it 'newsletter'.
In 'newsletter' I created a 'Standard' page 'subscription'.
In 'newsletter' I created a 'SysFolder' page 'direct mail module'.

In the pageheader of the 'direct mail module' page selected at field
'contains plugin': 'Direct Mail'.
The 'TSconfig' field contains the following lines generated by the 'module
configuration' of the 'Direct mail' plugin.
mod.web_modules.dmail.from_email=jpm.van.dijk(at)hccnet.nl
mod.web_modules.dmail.from_name=john
mod.web_modules.dmail.replyto_email=
mod.web_modules.dmail.replyto_name=
mod.web_modules.dmail.return_path=jpm.van.dijk(at)hccnet.nl
mod.web_modules.dmail.organisation=
mod.web_modules.dmail.sendOptions=3
mod.web_modules.dmail.plainParams=&type=99
mod.web_modules.dmail.long_link_rdct_url=
mod.web_modules.dmail.long_link_mode=0
mod.web_modules.dmail.quick_mail_encoding=8bit
mod.web_modules.dmail.enablePlain=1
mod.web_modules.dmail.enableHTML=1
mod.web_modules.dmail.test_tt_address_uids=4

In the pageheader of the 'subscription' page I selected the 'direct mail
module' page as General Record Storage Page.

3.
In page 'subscription' I created a pagecontent element of the type: 'Insert
plugin', in the plugin field selected 'DirectMail subscription'.

4.
Created template record for 'subscription' page:
Constants:
plugin.feadmin.dmailsubscription.pid = 49 (pid of page 'direct mail module')
plugin.feadmin.dmailsubscription.email = jpm.van.dijk(at)hccnet.nl
plugin.feadmin.dmailsubscription.emailName = john

Setup:
plugin.feadmin.dmailsubscription.setfixed {  
  approve._FIELDLIST = uid,pid  (hmm, should these be real uid/pid's?)
  DELETE._FIELDLIST = uid,pid	  (and what are their function?)
}

5.
Created template record for 'direct mail module' page:
Constants: blank

Setup: blank

Checked the following checkboxes:
Constants
Setup
Rootlevel

Include static:
Template; NEWSLETTER
plugin.alt.plaintext(99)

6. 
Then I went to the 'direct mail module' page and created a tt_address
record: 'Address [4] -john'.

Then I clicked 'Plugins' and first did the 'module configuration'. (results:
see point 2)

Created a 'Direct mail group': called it 'members', type: Static members,
Recipients: john

Sended a QuickMail to group 'members'. This works fine.

7.
In the 'direct mail module page' selected 'Newsletters.
Created a newsletter:
Hide page: unchecked
Type: 'standard'
Pagetitle: test
(in the pagecontent part)
Header: test contentheader
Text: test contentbody
Saved it.

8.
Secected newsletter 'test'
Clicked: 'Create new direct mail based on this page'

View direct mail record result:
Subject: test 
Sender name: john 
Sender email: jpm.van.dijk at hccnet.nl 
Reply name:  
Reply email:  
Organization:  
Attachments:  
Priority: Normal 
Include: Plain text, HTML 
Type: TYPO3 page 
Mail page: 51 (this is the correct pid)
Parameters, Plain text: &type=99 
Parameters, HTML:  
Is sent:  
Compiled size:

Then in the 'options' pulldown selected:
Fetch and compile maildata (read url)

Fetching the mail content result:

You're about to read the url with the mail-content from these URL's:

PLAIN: http://www.mydomain.nl/correctfolder/?id=51&type=99
HTML: http://www.mydomain.nl/correctfolder/?id=51

This operation may take a while. Therefore be patient. (and I was :) )

Be aware if the URL is password protected, you must set up the http username
and password in the "Configuration" section. Else you will get an error.

Clicked the 'read url' button

And I waited and waited and then I waited a little longer...

After the server timeout time I get a page not found...

I know it's a little long but this is in detail what I did.
Also:
What is supposed to happen when clicking the 'read url' (technically? Are
they pure php actions)

Further you wrote that you have several installations of Typo3 3.7.0...
Are they running on Debian Stable? (that's what I'm running)

Thank you very much already...

Kind regards,
John van Dijk

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 08:21:49 +0200
From: "Alexander Schories" <alexander at schories.com>
Subject: AW: [Typo3-debian] Newsletter problem (direct mail)
To: "'TYPO3 Installation on Debian'"
	<typo3-debian at lists.netfielders.de>
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Hello John,

Newsletter working here fine on several installations of Typo3 3.7.0,

e.g. www.dreilinden-gymnasium.de .

However, to be honest: the newsletter extension is complicated. I had a lot
of trouble understanding it and getting it to work fine. The "manual" /
comments for it are far away from being sufficent, at least in my opinion. 

First of all you have to set it up properly and then - to send a single
newsletter - you have to go trough many steps, until it`s actually send.

Could you please describe in detail what you already did and which actions
you took to send a newsletter? I could then compare it to the way i
"discovered" how it works here and tell you the differencies.

Kind Regards

Alexander Schories
Tuebingen, Germany 

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: typo3-debian-bounces at lists.netfielders.de 
> [mailto:typo3-debian-bounces at lists.netfielders.de] Im Auftrag 
> von John van Dijk
> Gesendet: Freitag, 15. Oktober 2004 21:02
> An: typo3-debian at lists.netfielders.de
> Betreff: [Typo3-debian] Newsletter problem (direct mail)
> 
> Hi to all,
> 
> I hope somebody can help. I just want to know if somebody 
> (with typo3 3.7.0
> on debian (so I know it can be done)) has the direct mail 
> plug-in working?
> 
> My problem is that when I want to fetch the mail content 
> nothing happens.
> (After two day's of googling I'm becoming a little desperate.)
> 
> Any suggestions on where to look or what might be the cause 
> are greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Bye to all,
> John 
> 
> 
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