Installing a new copy of ActivMail

Installing ActivMail on ColdFusion MX 6.0+ or BlueDragon

1. Read and Agree to License.txt
2. Create a directory for the ActivMail Jar file (eg: c:\activSoftware\activMail\ or /opt/activsoftware/activmail/)
3. Copy CFX_ActivMail.jar the ActivMail directory you just created.
4. In the classpath setting (In the Java Settings of CF Administrator) add the location of CFX_ActivMail.jar Typically: c:\activSoftware\activMail\CFX_ActivMail.jar (windows) /opt/activsoftware/activmail/CFX_ActivMail.jar (unix)
5. Click on "CFX Tags" from the left menu. Enter in CFX_ActivMail in the text box, and select "Java" for tag type, click add.
6. Under Class Name put: CFX_ActivMail and enter a description, the supplied description is "Java Based Mail Tag by CFDEV.COM"
7. Copy CustomTags directory to your ColdFusion custom tags directory (typically C:\cfusionmx\CustomTags or /opt/coldfusionmx/CustomTags on unix)
8. Restart ColdFusion Services

Installing ActivMail on ColdFusion 4.5 or 5

1. Read And agree to License.txt
2. (ColdFusion 4.5 and 5.0 only) Setup Java on your Server
   • Download a JRE from http://java.sun.com/ If you are using windows you may want to download the JDK so you can use the Server JRE
   • If there is not already a value (There shouldn't be unless you already installed it) Enter the path to your Java Virtual Machine "JVM". A value on windows might be: C:\j2sdk1.4.2_04\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll on unix a value might look like /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/lib/i386/server/libjvm.so
     
     If you can't find the locations try:
     Start -> Find -> jvm.dll (Windows)
     $> find / | grep libjvm.so (UNIX)
   • Set Max Heap Size in Java Settings (in ColdFusion Administrator) to at least 65536 KB (recommended). Set the initial heap size close to this level as well, performance degrades when the heap grows, setting inital to a good level, reduces the need to grow.
   • See: Java CFX Setting for linux, for more linux unix info.
3. Create a directory to store ActivMail files (eg C:\ActivMail\ or /opt/activmail/). This directory will be referred to as the activmail directroy below.
4. Copy CFX_ActivMail.jar the ActivMail directory
5. In the classpath setting (In the Java Settings of CF Administrator) add the location of CFX_ActivMail.jar Typically: c:\ActivMail\CFX_ActivMail.jar (windows) /opt/activmail/CFX_ActivMail.jar (unix)
6. Click on "CFX Tags" from the left menu. Enter in CFX_ActivMail in the text box, and select "Java" for tag type, click add.
7. Under Class Name put: CFX_ActivMail and enter a description, the supplied description is "Java Based Mail Tag by CFDEV.COM"
8. Copy CustomTags directory to your ColdFusion custom tags directory (typically C:\CFUSION\CustomTags)
9. Restart ColdFusion

Upgrading to a new version of ActivMail

1. Stop The ColdFusion Services.
2. Replace the old CFX_ActivMail.jar with the new one.
3. Copy CustomTags directory to your ColdFusion custom tags directory
4. Restart ColdFusion Services

ActivMail Documentation

• Getting Started
• Installing ActivMail
• Tag References
• Examples
• Whats New!
• ActivMail Log Reference