Dada Mail Configuration

Dada Mail is now working again as the engine for eNews delivery and subscription. Here we will keep documentation for this service.

Available lists:

• SJCCC Member eNews
• SJCCC Sacred Heart School
• Chinese Catholic Friends - Opt-ins from evangelization activities
  

Generic List Sign Up Page: http://www.sjccc.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/
Admin & Send Emails: http://sjccc.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/admin/

Administrators contact: Xiuli, Tony

Benefits for using Dada Mail & When to use Dada Mail: (vs. using an Email Alias)

• Primarily newsletter distribution: e.g., 1 to many vs many to many communication
• Standard format/template
• CANSPAM compliant footers
• Automated subscription and unsubscribes
• Automated install/upgrade by our hosting company
• Ability to set delivery rate (e.g., 1 per second)
• Send FROM an official, central address
  

Reference:

• Dada Mail: http://dadamailproject.com/

Technical config:

8/3/09: To get Chinese working with Dada Mail

• In the Dada Mail Web page for administrators, in "Manage List -> Sending Options -> Advanced", changed the "Default Character Set of Mailings" to "utf-8"
  
• In Linux, Changed the default sending CHARSET from: 'iso-8859-1' to 'utf-8' in:~/www/cgi-bin/dada/extensions/tfmail/TFmail_config.pl
• Advise the senders to change their browser Encoding to 'utf-8'