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phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager

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phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager

Overview of this book

Tired of an e-mail BCC list that scrolls off the page, or fiddly and hard-to-manage bulk mailing systems? You need phpList – a high-powered, robust, feature-packed mailing system that will get out of your way and get the job done! You want to know more about phpList? phpList is a popular open source e-mail campaign manager, sporting a powerful web frontend, rich message editor, and an advanced feature set. phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager will guide you from basic installation and setup through management, reporting, and automation of phpList, the world's most popular open source e-mail campaign manager. It also covers advanced customization and configuration of phpList. We start with a basic configuration, and finish with a full-featured e-mail management engine. You will work your way up from basic installation to advanced topics such as bounce automation, user and click-through tracking, and integration with third-party tools such as WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, and Blogger. Advanced topics such as securing your installation against spammers, attacks, and vulnerabilities are covered, as well as additional advanced and experimental features offered by phpList. This book is an invaluable guide for any e-mail publisher who wants a robust and powerful engine to manage their small-to-huge e-mail distribution empire.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating a backup


It's important to create regular backups of your phpList installation, which you can then use to restore it in the event of a data loss or corruption. phpList doesn't have a built-in backup mechanism, but as it's powered by a combination of a database and a collection of PHP and support files, we can back these up manually.

Backing up the database

Most web hosting providers will supply an interface to manage your databases, as well as to create backups. This example will illustrate using the popular phpMyAdmin tool to create a database backup.

Log into your phpMyAdmin tool using your phpList database user credentials and select your database from the drop-down list in the left-hand panel.

Note

The number of database tables displayed will vary with your installation, as a custom table is created for every attribute you define within your own configuration.

Click on the Export tab at the top of the main (right-hand) panel:

On the subsequent export page, ensure that all database...