You can use either the long form ('--send') or the short form ('-s'). They do the same thing. The --debug option, if you add it for any reason, is the same: --debug or -d.
Yes, GForum does require a cron job to run nightly in order to send out the forum subscription e-mails. The script is located at /path/to/your/gforum/admin/cron/subscribe.pl. The output of the --help option is below:
Code:
[jagerman@cytherea cron]$ ./subscribe.pl --help Gossamer Forum Subscription Mailer
Usage: ./subscribe.pl --send [--debug] [-f debugfile]
This script sends out the forum subscriptions. You should run this
script automatically once a night via cron, or windows scheduler.
To send the mailings, enter:
./subscribe.pl --send
To send it automatically via cron, you would add the following:
0 2 * * * /home/jagerman/projects/gforum/cgi/admin/cron/subscribe.pl --send
to your crontab. You can optionally add --debug to display
debug information. The '-f filename' option will write any
debugging messages and/or errors into the file specified.
The --send and --debug options may be shortened to -s and -d,
repectively.
Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com
