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transferring from unix to nt
Hi,

I am planning on changing from unix to a nt host

What do I need to do or back up or change in order to transfer to a nt host?

also the hosting company mentioned that they dont use user/lib/sendmail on nt
They use asp q mail
will this be a problem?

Thanks
Ibrahim
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Code:
$db_script_path = "C:/web/account/cgi-bin/links/admin";

AND

Code:
$build_root_path = "C:/web/account/links/pages";

* You will also have to change the path to the links.cfg file in the require lines in all your *.cgi files.

* You also have to change the Perl path in all your *.cgi files.

* You may have to change the file extension from .cgi to .pl. Some NT hosting companies only have .pl extensions configured.

* Your hosting company may have to set-up directory and file permissions for you. NT is less flexible in terms of user changing permissions of files and directories than UNIX.

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also the hosting company mentioned that they dont use user/lib/sendmail on nt
They use asp q mail
will this be a problem?

Possibly...ask your new hosting company for more information on setting up email processes in your .cgi scripts and .pl scripts.

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Hi,

My hosting company gave me this directory to look at
for setting up the e-mail

http://www.advances.net/email/

can someone tell what I would need to do ?
i'm not good at this

Thanks
Ibrahim
incik@cloud9.net

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Re: transferring from unix to nt In reply to
See the following line in the WindMail option script:

Code:

$mailprog = 'c:\\windmail\\windmail.exe';


Well, you use the variable config in the $db_mail_path variable in the links.cfg file.

Like the following:

Code:

$db_mail_path = 'c:\\windmail\\windmail.exe';


Got it?

Regards,

Eliot Lee