Setting up with Microsoft IIS

Instructions

A. Run RocketSales on the server

1. Run the setup program on the server by either physically logging in at the console or using a screen sharing program such as Windows Terminal Services or PCAnywhere
2. After installing, you must run RocketSales at least once on the server. Go to Start > Programs > Anconia RocketSales, then exit the program.

B. Add file permissions

1. Copy C:\Program Files\Anconia RocketSales\cgi-bin\RocketServer.exe and cleardot.gif to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin
2. Make sure the IIS account, IUSR_<YourPCName>, has read and write permissions on the database file. Right-click on C:\Program Files\Anconia RocketSales\RocketSales database.mdb, choose Properties, and click the Sharing and Security tab.
3. Repeat the last step for the C:\Program Files\Anconia RocketSales folder

C. Add execute permission to your cgi-bin folder

1. Go to Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services
2. Double-click the server name
3. Double-click on Web sites
4. Double-click on Default Web site
5. Right-click on the cgi-bin folder which you created in part B, and choose Properties
6. Under the Directory tab, Execute Permissions dropdown, choose Scripts and executables and click Apply

D. Add a MIME type to your server so that it executes the EXE rather than downloading it as a file

1. Go to Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services
2. Double-click the server name
3. Double-click on Web sites
4. Right-click Default Web site and choose Properties
5. Click the HTTP Headers tab
6. Under MIME map, click the File Types button. On some older versions of Windows, this is called the Computer MIME map, Edit button.
7. Check whether the .EXE type is already defined. If not, click New Type and add .EXE files as type application/octet-stream

E. Restart your Web server

1. Go to Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Services
2. Scroll to the bottom and select World Wide Web Publishing
3. Choose Action > Restart

Other options

• Create an IIS virtual directory that points to the RocketSales folder; or
• Move the database file, C:\Program Files\Anconia RocketSales\RocketSales database.mdb, to the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin folder. Then choose Connect to Database from the Contacts tab in RocketSales and connect to the new database location.

Changing the location

If you've changed the location of the server extensions, RocketServer.exe, on the server, you must update the location on the computer used to send mailings so that subscribe/unsubscribe and tracking continue to function.

1. Run RocketSales on the client: Go to Start > Programs > Anconia RocketSales
2. Click Set Up Accounts on the Send tab
3. Select your account and click Properties
4. Click the Track tab
5. Click Server Extensions
6. Type the location of the server extensions and click OK. For example, if you've placed the EXE in a subdirectory of your main Web directory called scripts and renamed it to MyCompany.exe, type scripts/MyCompany.exe. Do not include a forward slash at the beginning of the location.