Step 6: Email Settings via Web Based Admin

SInce you have already uploaded everything to your server, if you go to the HAMweather Administration screen, you should now see a HWemail section in the contents list onthe left (You may need to refresh your browser). Click on the Email Settings link and you can begin setting up the various settings.

Following are the descriptions of the various settings that can be set once at the Email Forecasts administration page:

Now click the Submit button atthe bottom of the page and the settings should be set.

You are now ready to test the system, then after testing is done you will want to automate the emailhw2.cgi script to automatically send out emails daily.

Step 7: Testing HWemail

To test HWemail, simply request a forecast via HAMweather, click on the "Recieve this forecast daily" link that you added to the forecasts pages.  Now sign up for the forecast with your email address and any option you may one.

If all goes well you should see a screen letting you know that you have been subscribed as well as an email stating the same thing.

Now to actually testing the sending of the forecast you will need to run the emailhw2.cgi script.  If you stated in the admin settings that you were going to use telnet/cron access then you will need to telnet into your account, goto the hamweather cgi directory and run the emailhw2.cgi script.  This can be done by simply typing inthe name "emailhw2.cgi" or you may need to include the path top perl first. i.e.: /usr/bin/perl emailhw2.cgi

If in the web based admin you stated you were going to run the emailhw2.cgi script via the web, simply browse to the emailhw2.cgi script in your web browser.

If all goes well, then you should recieve the forecast email in your in box.  If so then you can proceed to Step 8 : Automating HWemail, otherwise you should review yoru installaiton.

Otherwise you can review the trouble shooting guide below:

 

Trouble Shooting:

A few things to check for when solving problems with your emailhw2.cgi installation: