How to Install Dada Mail on Windows 11

Dada Mail is a popular mailing list management software that allows you to manage mailing lists, create newsletters, and send email campaigns. The following tutorial will walk you through the steps of installing Dada Mail on Windows 11.

Step 1: Download and Install Perl

Before installing Dada Mail, you need to install Perl. Perl is a programming language that is required for Dada Mail to operate properly.

1. Go to the Perl website (https://www.perl.org/get.html) and download the latest version of Perl for Windows.
2. Follow the installation wizard and select the default settings.

Step 2: Download Dada Mail

1. Go to the Dada Mail website (https://dadamailproject.com/) and click on the "Download Now" button.
2. Save the file to your desired location on your computer.

Step 3: Install Dada Mail

1. Extract the downloaded Dada Mail ZIP file to a folder on your computer.
2. Open a command prompt window and navigate to the Dada Mail extracted folder using the cd command.

   cd C:\path\to\dada_mail_folder
   

3. Run the Dada Mail installer script using the following command:

   perl dada_installer.pl
   

4. Follow the installation wizard to install Dada Mail.
5. Once the installation is complete, you can access Dada Mail by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi

Conclusion

By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you should now have Dada Mail installed on your Windows 11 computer. You can now start managing your mailing lists, creating newsletters, and sending email campaigns using Dada Mail.

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