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Understanding Perl and Sendmail Configuration in Hosting

If you have a website where users can submit forms, sign up for newsletters, or make purchases. Wouldn't it be great to automate email responses for these actions? That's where Perl and Sendmail come in. Learn more about Perl and Sendmail configuration with this easy-to-follow guide.

Perl is a powerful scripting language often used for web development. It's particularly well-suited for tasks that involve text processing and system administration, making it a great choice for managing email.

Sendmail is a popular mail transfer agent (MTA) that runs on many web servers. It handles the actual sending of emails, ensuring they reach their intended recipients.

In this article we will discuss:

Path to Perl

The path to Perl is:

  • nsHosting Shared UNIX: /usr/local/bin/perl
  • nsHosting Shared Windows—no path is required

Path to Sendmail

The path for Sendmail is /usr/sbin/sendmail. The SMTP host in any script, if defined, must be set as localhost.

Perl Modules

The following Perl modules are installed on your server:

PPM PPM-Agent-Perl
SOAP-Llte Storable
Test-Slmple Tk
URI XML-Parser
XML-Simple Unix
HTML-Target HTML-Parser
libwww-perl Crypt-UnixCrypt
Unicode-String DateManip
Data-ShowTable Expat
DBI DBD-mysql
Config-IniFiles Convert-ASN1
Mail-Sendmail Compress-Zlib
Archive-Zip NDBM_File

Hosting Sendmail Limitations

For security purposes, when you purchase Hosting, there is a four-day limitation before the Sendmail functionality starts.

Review

Remember, while configuring Perl and Sendmail might seem a bit technical at first, having this knowledge empowers you to manage your hosting environment more effectively. With the right paths, modules, and an understanding of the limitations, you're well on your way to a smoother hosting experience.

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