I am having a problem sending mail via mass mailer. I have read the various discussions on this topic (including http://civicspacelabs.org/home/node/12330), but have not found an answer to the problem.

I am running drupal 4.6.5, massmailer v 1.34 2005/11/29, php list 2.10.2. All database tables seem to have loaded properly, I am able to integrate with CivicRM (1.2), I can pull in subscibers from my drupal user groups and CivicRM groups. But I can't send an email.

Steps: I compose the email, send it to the test list (three subscribers, including myself). I then hit 'send messages' and receive a bunch of text, and I can click 'send messages' again (an option in the first sentence of the text). Nothing. I don't recieve a message, but I also don't get any errors at all.

PHPlist?
I have tried a few things, but I am not a developer so I am a bit hesitant to do too much. I believe I installed phplist correctly, but as an experiment, I went to modules/massmailer/engines/phplist/phplist/admin/ as the phplist instructions direct, and was told that the config file could not be found. This makes sense as config.php (in phplist/admin) points to '../config/config.php' which does not exist. Note that the DRUPAL install.txt does not say to do this, and directs me to put the admin folder in engines/phplist/phplist, so I may be barking up the wrong tree. Further, in 'modules/massmailer/engines/phplist/config.php' there are the following pointers:
$pageroot = '/modules/massmailer/engines/phplist/phplist/lists';
$adminpages = '/modules/massmailer/engines/phplist/phplist/lists/admin';
Note that the version of phplist that I downloaded does not have a /lists/ folder at all. Could this be an issue?

As far as I know, I am able to fully edit my server files though I am using shared hosting. I have done so before, and can request help of my server support if necessary. However, I need to know exactly what to look for and where (remember, not a developer). While I have command access, I don't know how to use it very well (the developer thing again).

Thanks in advance for your help!
Maria

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mariagwyn’s picture

mariagwyn commented
Version: master » 4.6.x-1.x-dev

sorry...I am using drupal 4.6

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kae commented

perhaps try simplenews instead?

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mariagwyn commented

simplenews, as I understand it, is not integrated with civicrm. Since I already have civicrm installed and working in such a way that users can subscribe to groups, I would like to fully explore the massmailer option before I give up.