[TYPO3] howto setup cron task for direct mail extension

[Osipov Dan]

Bram, are you using a UNIX/LINUX system? If you are, crontab is in the
/etc directory. If you're using Windows, use the scheduled tasks instead
of cron.

Dan

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[mailto:typo3-english-bounces at lists.netfielders.de] On Behalf Of Bram de
Leeuw
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 12:14 PM
To: typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de
Subject: [TYPO3] howto setup cron task for direct mail extension


Jean,thank you for your quick reply. But I still don't understand what
you mean.I can't find the file crontab.And I don't know where to find
cron's man. (assuming that man stands for manager)Cheers,Bram de
LeeuwJean Baptiste wrote:Hello,You just have to put this line in
/etc/crontab.You can find more information about your specific
distribution configuration by consulting cron 's man, just type "man
crontab".Jean-Baptiste Bram de Leeuw wrote:>  > Dear list recipients,I>
have the direct mail extension set up and running. Sending the mails>
works perfect as long as I manually invoke the mailer engine. But now I>
want to use the mailer cron task. Since I have a recipient-list of over>
1600 subscribers and don't want to choke the receiving server (all>
subscribers are members of a school, so they are all on the same mail>
server) it is necessary to send the mails per 45 mails per 30 minutes.>
The things I don't understand from the extension manual is where to put
the following li
 ne:> */5 * * * *
/home/....../public_html/typo3conf/ext/direct_mail/mod/dmailerd.phpcron>
/dev/null> > It seems as if the writer of the manual assumes you to know
but I> don't. And also I can't find this information anywhere! On every>
tutorial or message board I checked nobody states where to insert the>
above line.Any help is greatly appreciated! Bram de Leeuw.
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