Once installed, open Firedaemon and chose Service > New from the drop down menu.
For the "Executable" field, you need to use the perl exe, like this:
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
In the "Argument" field you need to put the popfile.pl script, like this:
C:\popfile\popfile.pl
Add a "Short Name", "Display Name", and "Description". All the other settings are fine by default. You should click "Install" which will start Popfile immediately. You can confirm it is working by browsing to http://localhost:8080
As long as you leave the Startup Mode as Automatic, Popfile should start when Windows boots. It should also show up in the list of services.
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Anonymous
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2002-11-01
Where is the "argument" field? I am using FireDaemon 1.5.1
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My apologies. It should say the "Parameters" field instead of Arguement.
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Anonymous
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2002-11-02
I've been trying to get this to work but it isn't. In the Parameters field: I've tried including the full path to popfile.pl, just popfile.pl, and the full path in quotes.
None of these are working. Any ideas? Thanks!
guitrldy
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Anonymous
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2002-11-03
Moving the PopFile folder to the root worked!
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The reason it worked with c:\popfile and not c:\program files\popfile is probably becuase of the space in the second path. You might need to put that in quotes for it to work if you don't want popfile on the root of the c:\ drive.
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Anonymous
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2002-11-02
Download and extract popfile to c:\popfile. This is important for some reason so make sure you are installing it in that folder.
Next download and install PEARL (http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/?_x=1) (this is the Win32 [windows] version) as told in the manual, use default install parameters
Once installed, open Firedaemon and chose Service > New from the drop down menu.
For the "Working Directory" field use "C:\popfile"
For the "Executable" field, you need to use the perl exe, like this:
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
In the "Parameter" field you need to put the popfile.pl script, like this:
C:\popfile\popfile.pl
Add a "Short Name", "Display Name", and "Description". All the other settings are fine by default. You should click "Install" which will start Popfile immediately. You can confirm it is working by browsing to http://localhost:8080
As long as you leave the Startup Mode as Automatic, Popfile should start when Windows boots. It should also show up in the list of services.
This has been compiled from several people in this discusion group, THANKS ALL
This worked for me your milage may vary.
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This does not work. I downloaded perl (http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Register.plex?id=ActivePerl) and installed correctly (confirmed with example.pl). Then I installed POPfile, set up the POP server stuff with localhost, then downloaded and installed FireDaemon and created a service for POPfile. POPfile works when I enter perl popfile.pl from the command line, but not when it's running as a service. The email client can't see it if it's running as a service (ans I can see that the service is running in the list of services.) What gives?
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Anonymous
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2002-11-04
I followed the directions and got it to work, but to my chagrin, it did not work this morning after a cold start.
This pm reinstalled all (perl, popfile, firedaemon) and it works again. Not betting the farm on the next cold start.
FYI: Outlook Express
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chewmanfoo -
The only thing I can I can guess is perhaps you've don't have the "Working Directory" set to the directory with perl.pl. I get similar behavior if I set the working directory to C:\perl when it should be C:\popfile (if that's where popfile is). That's my best guess without seeing your entire configuration.
dowings-
Hmm, I don't know what would cause that. Sorry. I've rebooted a few times, and it continues to run perfectly for me. It's hard to say what would cause that.
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Just FYI. As of now, the new Windows version of Popfile makes all this work obsolete. Simply putting the "Run POPFile in background" shortcut in your Startup menu should be enough.
Unless you really need popfile running even when you are logged off of your computer. Then Firedaemon may still be the way to go.
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I hinted at this in another post, but I wanted to make it easier to find, and to give instructions.
First, download and install Firedaemon Lite from http://www.firedaemon.com
Once installed, open Firedaemon and chose Service > New from the drop down menu.
For the "Executable" field, you need to use the perl exe, like this:
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
In the "Argument" field you need to put the popfile.pl script, like this:
C:\popfile\popfile.pl
Add a "Short Name", "Display Name", and "Description". All the other settings are fine by default. You should click "Install" which will start Popfile immediately. You can confirm it is working by browsing to http://localhost:8080
As long as you leave the Startup Mode as Automatic, Popfile should start when Windows boots. It should also show up in the list of services.
Where is the "argument" field? I am using FireDaemon 1.5.1
My apologies. It should say the "Parameters" field instead of Arguement.
I've been trying to get this to work but it isn't. In the Parameters field: I've tried including the full path to popfile.pl, just popfile.pl, and the full path in quotes.
None of these are working. Any ideas? Thanks!
guitrldy
Moving the PopFile folder to the root worked!
I think I overlooked something. I failed to mention the working directory, which needs to be the directory your popfile.pl script is in.
To make sure I don't leave anything else out, here's an exact screenshot of all my settings which work:
http://danknows.com/images/popfile_firedaemon.jpg
One more problem you may encounter. I had popfile in d:\program files\popfile
Until i moved it to d:\popfile it would not work with the daemon.
The reason it worked with c:\popfile and not c:\program files\popfile is probably becuase of the space in the second path. You might need to put that in quotes for it to work if you don't want popfile on the root of the c:\ drive.
Download and extract popfile to c:\popfile. This is important for some reason so make sure you are installing it in that folder.
Next download and install PEARL (http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/?_x=1) (this is the Win32 [windows] version) as told in the manual, use default install parameters
Then, download and install Firedaemon Lite from http://www.firedaemon.com
Once installed, open Firedaemon and chose Service > New from the drop down menu.
For the "Working Directory" field use "C:\popfile"
For the "Executable" field, you need to use the perl exe, like this:
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
In the "Parameter" field you need to put the popfile.pl script, like this:
C:\popfile\popfile.pl
Add a "Short Name", "Display Name", and "Description". All the other settings are fine by default. You should click "Install" which will start Popfile immediately. You can confirm it is working by browsing to http://localhost:8080
As long as you leave the Startup Mode as Automatic, Popfile should start when Windows boots. It should also show up in the list of services.
This has been compiled from several people in this discusion group, THANKS ALL
This worked for me your milage may vary.
This does not work. I downloaded perl (http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Register.plex?id=ActivePerl) and installed correctly (confirmed with example.pl). Then I installed POPfile, set up the POP server stuff with localhost, then downloaded and installed FireDaemon and created a service for POPfile. POPfile works when I enter perl popfile.pl from the command line, but not when it's running as a service. The email client can't see it if it's running as a service (ans I can see that the service is running in the list of services.) What gives?
I followed the directions and got it to work, but to my chagrin, it did not work this morning after a cold start.
This pm reinstalled all (perl, popfile, firedaemon) and it works again. Not betting the farm on the next cold start.
FYI: Outlook Express
chewmanfoo -
The only thing I can I can guess is perhaps you've don't have the "Working Directory" set to the directory with perl.pl. I get similar behavior if I set the working directory to C:\perl when it should be C:\popfile (if that's where popfile is). That's my best guess without seeing your entire configuration.
dowings-
Hmm, I don't know what would cause that. Sorry. I've rebooted a few times, and it continues to run perfectly for me. It's hard to say what would cause that.
Just FYI. As of now, the new Windows version of Popfile makes all this work obsolete. Simply putting the "Run POPFile in background" shortcut in your Startup menu should be enough.
Unless you really need popfile running even when you are logged off of your computer. Then Firedaemon may still be the way to go.