The ListManager Web Server

Part of your ListManager installation is the ListManager Web Server. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of ListManager and were using the Apache web server included with ListManager, it will be uninstalled, and the ListManager Web Server will be installed. The ListManager web interface will then be available by going to the ListManager machine's host name:

http://yourhostname.yourdomainname.com

If you already have a web server running on the machine which you are installing ListManager on, ListManager will install the web interface on a higher port. For Windows, the next port available above 80 will be selected; for Unix, you will be able to select the port. The ListManager URL in those circumstances would be:

http://yourhostname.yourdomainname.com:81

To access the pre-6.0 web interface, add "/cgi-bin/lyris.pl" to the end of your ListManager URL. For example:

http://yourhostname.yourdomainname.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl

Supported Browsers

The following web browsers are supported:

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0

Netscape 6.0

Opera 5.0

The Web Server and Clickthrough Tracking

If you are using ListManager's tracking features, you may want to install the ListManager Web Server on another machine, or possibly on multiple machines if you are sending to large lists.

The ListManager Web Server, like most web servers, can handle approximately 200,000 to 300,000 clicks per hour. If you are sending to a large mailing and are tracking opens, your web server may be hit hard when a large number of people open your message at 9 am, say, when they arrive at work, or after 6 pm, when they return.

The number of web servers you need to set up will depend on how extensively you use the tracking features. If you use multiple servers, they should all have the same hostname for their A record, so that the load is balanced between them.

Your license limits how many ListManager web servers you may have. Contact your Lyris sales representative or email sales@lyris.com for more information.

Firewall Considerations

To use ListManager's tracking features, your ListManager web interface(s) must be available outside your firewall.

More:

Installing the Web Interface on a Separate Machine

Installing the 5.0 Web Interface on Another Web Server

How To Install The Web Interface By Hand

Configuring the ListManager Web Server