NeoMail

[Strider Xero]

Hi i've uploaded NeoMail to my CGI directory, but the Install instructions dont give any details at all which files to CHMOD. I've chmoded the setup.pl and checklong.pl to 755 but I still get an 500 interneral server error. Any ideas on what I could do?

[wap3]

Hello

Those types of error message usually mean there is a syntax error in the script or the setup of the script may be incorrect. Have you checked the normal things such as the she bang line and any other things such as the path to sendmail or an equivalant email processor.

:D

[Strider Xero]

Yep, everything is correct....it's weird!!

[CodeWhacker]

The standard drill for malfunctioning CGI stuff is to log into the machine where the webserver lives and execute the CGI program from a shell command line. If the program is perl and uses CGI.pm, you can give appropriate arguments on the command line. This will usually show up the problem. Second choice is to inspect your server's error logfile, which will have anything the CGI spit out to STDERR.

Regarding NeoMail specifically, make sure you have suidperl on the server. NeoMail won't run without it, because it accesses the mail spool directly. If you don't have admin privs on the server, and can't talk the admin into doing what you need, then you'll have to consider a different webmail client. Look for one that acts as a POP3 gateway.