Mailtrain and all required dependencies (including MySQL). The installation script assumes a somewhat blank server, so if this is a machine you are already using for something else, you might want to skip the automatic install and proceed manually.
If you are using DigitalOcean then you can copy the contents of the [installation script](setup/install.sh) to the User Data textarea field when creating a new VPS (select Ubuntu 14.04 as the droplet Distribution image). After your droplet is created it should already have Mailtrain up and running. Navigate to http://droplet-hostname-or-ip/ and authenticate as `admin`:`test`. Do not forget to update your account information and set up SMTP settings.
* Replace old files with new ones by running in the Mailtrain folder `git pull origin master` if you used Git to set Mailtrain up or just download [new files](https://github.com/andris9/mailtrain/archive/master.zip) and replace old ones with these
Some servers expose custom port and hostname options through environment variables. To support these, create a new configuration file `config/local.js`:
```
module.exports = {
www: {
port: process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_PORT,
host: process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_IP
}
};
```
Mailtrain uses [node-config](https://github.com/lorenwest/node-config) for configuration management and thus the config files are loaded in the following order:
1. default.toml
2. {NODE_ENV}.toml (eg. development.toml or production.toml)
* **SparkPost** – use `http://domain/webhooks/sparkpost` as the webhook URL for bounces and complaints ([instructions](https://github.com/andris9/mailtrain/wiki/Setting-up-Webhooks-for-SparkPost))
* **SendGrid** – use `http://domain/webhooks/sendgrid` as the webhook URL for bounces and complaints ([instructions](https://github.com/andris9/mailtrain/wiki/Setting-up-Webhooks-for-SendGrid))
* **Mailgun** – use `http://domain/webhooks/mailgun` as the webhook URL for bounces and complaints ([instructions](https://github.com/andris9/mailtrain/wiki/Setting-up-Webhooks-for-Mailgun))
Additionally Mailtrain (v1.1+) is able to use VERP-based bounce handling. This would require to have a compatible SMTP relay (the services mentioned above strip out or block VERP addresses in the SMTP envelope) and you also need to set up special MX DNS name that points to your Mailtrain installation server.
There is a built in /dev/null server in Mailtrain that you can use to load test your installation. Check the `[testserver]` section in the configuration file for details. By default the test server is disabled. The server uses only cleartext connections, so select "Do not use encryption" in the encryption settings when setting up the server data in Mailtrain.
Additionally you can generate CSV import files with fake subscriber data:
```
node setup/fakedata.js > somefile.csv
```
This command generates a CSV file with 100 000 subscriber accounts
