Great suggestion, but those are business decisions way over my head. (I'm just a lowly consultant). I know that they aren't allowed to send them during the business day, but beyond that they haven't told me much.
At 07:04 PM 1/14/2005, you wrote: >Subject: Sites Under Load >From: Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:57:49 -0800 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=0&forumid=5#142629 > >On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:16:55 -0500, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They are sending out daily emails to the "client base". Over the course > > of 2 weeks, they are emailing about 12,000 people a day. The first few > > hours after that email goes out, the site is slammed and we get tons of > > errors and timeouts. After that initial jump, it tickers off and > > everything works relatively fine. > >Though I would still work to optimize your site, it sounds like the >easiest solution might be throttling back the rate at which the emails >are going out. If 12,000 per day can be changed to 1,200 an hour >8:00A-8:00P, the source of your load problem may go away. > >-Cameron -- Jeffry Houser, Web Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> My Energetic Acoustic Rock Band: <http://www.farcryfly.com> -- When did Reality Become TV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142630 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
