Omnistar Email Marketing Software Cron Setup

Omnistar Email Marketing Software includes two methods for using cron jobs. When you are setting up cron jobs, it is important that you check with your web hosting company or server administrator. Please only contact Omnistar, after you have written your hosting company to setup the cron job and the hosting company has setup the cron for you and you are still having trouble.

Omnistar cannot setup cron jobs because each hosting company has a unique method to setup cron jobs. If you send them the cron lines you need to setup, it should not take the hosting company less than two minutes to set it up for you.

IMPORTANT: If you write us in regards to a cron issue, please make sure you include the link to your control panel, the login and password. When we login to your control panel, please let us know where to go to access your cron manager. Also, make sure that you have first sent the email to your web hosting company or server administrator for them to verify your cron is setup correct. Once your hosting company has verified your cron is setup correctly then our developers can troubleshoot any issues that you are having.

The first method uses wget.
Here is an example:

0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * wget http://www.YourDomain.com/mailer/admin/cron.php

The second method uses the built in PHP function:
Here is an example:

0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/php -f /home/test/www..YourDomain.com/htdocs/mailer/admin/cron.php > /dev/null

To access the cron manager, to see the exact cron job that you will have to set-up go to:
From Main Menu > Create Campaign > Cron Job Manager

For each cron job that you need to setup you will notice two possible cron lines. It is important to only use one of these methods. Your web hosting company or your server admin will know which one will work for your server.