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bluefightingcat
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Acajoom Plus scheduling???? - 2007/03/03 21:57 Hi,

I'm really getting frustrated here.

I bought Acajoom Plus so that I can ensure that I could get around my host's server limitations. (As has been advertised).

However I'm having a really hard time figuring out how all this works. What I want is to have my newsletter sent out to about 800 users. My server only allows 400 emails an hour. This is reset every hour on the hour.

So I created a newsletter and scheduled it to be sent at 15:45 today. The document says something about doing a cron job. So I did this in c-panel. I prepared it to commence at 15:44. The cron job was setup to only do it once and not on a regular basis.

However this doesn't work and I have no idea why. I have to state that in my opinion the documentation on this site is not very good. I watched the videos and I still have no idea how the cron job and the scheduler are related. Do they both have to be set for it to work. And if so how exactly?

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chris
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Re:Acajoom Plus scheduling???? - 2007/03/04 00:02 BFC,

OK, first you need to set up your cron task to at regular frequency since you have only 800 users and to make sure you stay under your hosting limitation I will make it to execute every 15 minutes .

Then you need to go to the control panel of Acajoom in the tab : scheduler you can set up 80 emails every 15 minutes.

You will have to make sure the cron task work. In the cron task in your hosting control panel you should be able to specify an email so you can get trace at least for testing

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bluefightingcat
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Re:Acajoom Plus scheduling???? - 2007/03/04 19:24 Hi,

Thanks for the help. I finally managed to make it work. However I would like to make a couple of suggestions regarding this website and acajoom.

First I would really like to see a better forum on this website. It really is hard and annoying to search in this forum. I would suggest something like Simple Machines Forum. Its a lot better.

Second I really think that you should work on the documentation. The videos are ok. But written instructions can be really useful too. Especially when you are trying to find a specific solution to a specific problem. It's annoying to have to go through the whole video.

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Re:Acajoom Plus scheduling???? - 2007/04/20 01:50 I agree - the documentation for Acajoom is a big weakness and needs some serious help. The videos are nice, but when you need a step-by-step guide they don't cut it. I love the component, but it is frustrating to find help.

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jimpa
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Re:Acajoom Plus scheduling???? - 2007/04/20 02:08 I agree - the documentation for Acajoom is a big weakness and needs some serious help. The videos are nice, but when you need a step-by-step guide they don't cut it. I love the component, but it is frustrating to find help.

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masala
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Re:Acajoom Plus scheduling???? - 2007/12/21 15:17 Getting Frustrated really isnt the word Mate!
I too am having the same problem and all I wanted was to overcome my servers limitations also. I am with Godaddy and I have 1000/day allowed but I have almost 2000 members and growing so now im dead in the water becaude this cron thing just does not work at all!
No matter what I set it doesnt work all I get every hour at my email is jcron Daemon!
My server cron jobs shows no cron jobs setup and I have followed and triple checked settings and even set it to send 3 emails only every 15 minutes!
Im just gonna ask for my money back and learn how to set up my own cron jobs all I gotta do is find out what the commands are!
It's a real shame too because I like the acajoom component and I researched everything and it just dont work and now my site is dieing because I cant reach my members!
Boy do I need HELP! cause the stuff here just doesn't make sense!
Cheers
Masala