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Manually Configuring formmail.pl to work with RealCart™

Using WS_FTP to upload (publish) and set permissions for formmail.pl on your web server

This is the fastest way to publish this script and set the appropriate permissions. Here is how to do it step by step.

Download and install WS_FTP LE
Locate and run WS_FTP LE (It will likely be available on the Windows Start Menu under the Programs/WS_FTP LE branch)
If the “Session Properties” dialog does not appear, click the “Connect” button.
Enter some name for the “Profile Name” so you will know which connection this is. (It does not matter what you put in here.)
Enter your ftp server for the “HostName/ Address” (If you are connecting to an IP address, enter that address here.)
Leave the Host Type set to “Automatic Detect.”
Enter your ftp username (usually the same as your email username but not always) in the “User ID” field.
Enter your ftp password (usually the same as your email password but not always) in the “Password” field.
Check the Save PWD checkbox (optional)
The Account and Comment fields can be left blank.
Click “OK.”

Uploading the script via ASCII transfer mode

Now that you have connected to your web server via the FTP protocol you can locate your cgi-bin folder by double-clicking on folders on the right side of the program. If you need to go up in the directory structure to find your cgi-bin folder just double-click one of the double dots (..)

Once you locate your cgi-bin folder on your web server (remote site) then you can locate it on the Local System (left) side of the screen by navigating to the folder where you saved the modified formmail.pl script. Using the same method of double clicking folders and double-clicking the dots (..) you can locate the formmail.pl script.

Here is what to do next.

Click the radio button next to the word ASCII in the lower center part of the WS_FTP LE program window.
Select formmail.pl with your mouse on the Local System (left) side of the screen.
Make sure the remote site (right) side of the screen is displaying the contents of your cgi-bin folder. If you see a folder icon labeled cgi-bin then you need to double-click it so we can see it’s contents.
Now that you have the cgi-bin folder open on the remote site (right) side of the WS_FTP LE window you can click the [ -> ] button (bottom button between the two windows in the center of the WS_FTP LE program window.)
IMPORTANT: If you do not transfer the script using ASCII mode it will not run. You will get a server error.

Now you need to set the permissions

Select formmail.pl on the Remote Site (right) side of the WS_FTP LE program window.
Right-Click the formmail.pl file.
Click chmod (UNIX) on the pop-up menu.
The following dialog should appear:
Click the Execute (bottom) checkbox in all three columns under Owner, Group and Other. The dialog should look like this before you click OK.
Click OK.