• Double Opt-in subscriptions.
• History log of all transactions, to help in subscriber disputes.
• Password protected administration.
• Customisable templates for emails and script pages.

#!/usr/bin/perl

1. The script uses the most common path to Perl however if the script doesn’t run for you, you may have to change the first line of each cgi and pm file.

Configuration

1. The configure.txt file contains several variables that will need editing before the script will run on your server.

• $scriptdir = "/home/user/html/optinpro";

• $pend_email_from = 'name@site.com';

• $pend_email_subject = "Your Pending Registration with our Site";

• $delete_email_from = 'name@site.com';

• $delete_email_subject = "Your Account Deletion from our Site";

• $dbtype = "flatfile";

• $dbname = "todd_mpc";

• $dbuser = "dbuser";

• $dbpass = "dbpass";

• $dbhost = "localhost";

• $mailprog = "/usr/sbin/sendmail";

1. After uploading the files you’ll need to setup the database. For flatfile open flatfile_db_builder.cgi in your web-browser and the appropriate files will be created. MySQL users will have to open mysql_db_maker.cgi in their web-browser to setup the database tables.
2. Customise the files in the "templates" folder to setup your own look and feel.
3. It’s also advisable to password protect the "reports" folder using htaccess.

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