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# PerlDesk, www.perldesk.com              RELEASE 1.0.2 #
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# Author: John Bennett	[john@perldesk.com]             #
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PERLDESK REQUIREMENT 1.01
	
	- Perl / MySQL
	- The following Perl modules:

			DBI 
            DBD::MySQL
			MIME::Tools


Do I have these modules?! A nice little script is 
included with perldesk to do this check for you, simply
go to the scheck.pl file in your browser and it will 
tell you.


INSTALLATION
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 [*] Upload files in ASCII, and images in BINARY

 [*] Chmod all .pl files to 755, if you plan to edit 
     the templates via the admin section, you will also
     need to make the template files writable. 777.
     (include/tpl)
                cd /path/to/perldesk
                chmod -R 755 *.pl

 [*] Setup your mysql database, and if this is a clean
     install of perldesk import the database.sql file in
     the include folder.

        mysql -u username -p database < database.sql

     You will then be prompted for your sql password.

 [*] Open up the include/conf.pl, alter the settings to
     reflect that of your web server. It is essential 
     that all this info is correct. Also ensure that 
     you do not use any trailing slashes /. 

 [*] Log in to the /admin/admin.pl file, 'admin/demo'


           HAVING PROBLEMS? CHECK THE FAQ FILE


 EMAIL INSTALLATION
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 [*] PerlDesk comes with the added ability to manage 
     your email communications with customers. Please
     follow these steps to set this up.

 [*] Install the Perl module MIME::Tools

 [*] Open up the include/email.pl and edit the path to
     the config file. 

 [*] You must setup your mail software (e.g. sendmail) 
     so that emails sent to the address(es) of your 
     choice are piped through to email.pl

 [*] If you are using SENDMAIL you must edit your 
     /etc/aliases file, and add a line similar to the 
     following:

        support: "|/path/to/perldesk/email.pl"
  
     Repeat that line for each address you want perl
     desk to control.

 [*] If you are using EXIM, pico /etc/valiases/domain
     you will need to add the following line:

      support@domain.com: |/path/to/perldesk/email.pl

     As with sendmail, repeat that line for each 
     address you want perldesk to manage. 

 [*] BEFORE starting to use your email addresses, you
     need to log in to the admin section of perldesk
     and go to 'Settings > Email Settings' at the 
     bottom you need to assign each address you would 
     like to use.
 
 [*] Now perldesk is setup to control your email  
     address(es) :) 


 