Before you can configure and use SunMailer, you must configure PHPMailer. Go to: Administer > Site configuration > SunMailer > Configure SunMailer > PHPMailer settings The first task is to tell SunMailer where to find PHPMailer. This can be done in one of two ways:
  1. (Recommended) Add the directory containing PHPMailer to PHP's include path. Leave the PHPMailer path field blank. This method is required if you want to run SunMailer's tests with the SimpleTest module.
  2. Fill in the PHPMailer path field with the directory containing PHPMailer. On Linux, the command locate class.phpmailer.php can help you find this directory.
  3. Basic settings contains some basic information SunMailer needs to send any email. Here, you will also make an important decision on how to send the email. The default option is to send one email bcc'ing all subscribers; the other is to send one email directly to each subscriber (you will be responsible for ensuring that the mail server can handle the load). If emails fail to send because too many recipients are bcc'ed, you can set split them into multiple emails Maximum batch size. The next part, Mail settings, gives you an option to send mail using mail, sendmail, or SMTP. For SMTP, you can use authentication, SSL, and TLS. For Advanced settings, here is an in-depth explanation of some of these settings: To test the settings you have entered, enter an email address into Test email field and click the Send test email button.