That's exactly what I did. I didn't (don't) really have time to roll in another set of language/scripts, etc (like a PERL solution or whatnot) so ActivMail turned out to work really well.
> You might want to check out ActivMail http://www.cfdev.com/activmail/ it is > a Java CFX tag that makes direct connections to the SMTP server using > sockets. It does cost money, but its usually cheaper than writing your own > scripts. > > _____________________________________________ > Pete Freitag > CTO, CFDEV.COM > http://www.cfdev.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:38 PM > To: CF-Linux > Subject: RE: Help with CF5 mail/restart issue > > > > I've repeatedly heard the mantra "don't use CFMAIL for large message > > volumes" from peers and at conferences. It really seems to be the most > > flimsy part of the whole CF App Server, and one that is frequently > bypassed. > > As have I, and have even said it myself many times in response to requests > of "how we can send out 50k emails?" ;) But I'm looking at 2-10k the most > at a time. But more importantly, I would expect the mail to take a long > time to send sure, but not crash the box repeatedly! > > > I've seen implementations that use everything from writing the messages > > directly to the mail spool with CFFILE to transmission via COM object > calls > > (e.g. EasyMail and Windows Messaging). The former is messy and is > > MTA-specific, reducing portability (e.g. if your ISP converts from > Sendmail > > to QMail or Postfix you might have to recode your app). The latter > > unfortunately won't work for CF on Linux due to lack of COM object > support. > > Well, actually, since I run my own boxes (and almost always use sendmail) > I wouldn't mind doing the former. Sendmail is already running on the same > server, so it should be fairly straightforward. > > Does anyone have existing code/formatting to work with sendmail? > > > I have, however, recently stumbled across Sun's JavaMail API: > > > > http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/ > > > > This appears to be a candidate for replacing CFMAIL via CFOBJECT calls to > > Java classes. I haven't tried to use this yet, so my impressions of > > functionality may be wrong, or a real implementation may be too > complicated > > to be worth it. On the up side, it would allow you to avoid introducing > Perl > > to your project. ;) > > This might be interesting. I already had my share of Java/JVM woes getting > the PayFlowPro tag working, so why the hell not? (But I'll try the > sendmail route first) > > > Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technocraft.com > > http://www.is300.net The Enthusiast's Home of the Lexus IS300 since 1999 > ***** PARTS STORE NOW OPEN ***** http://www.is300.net/store/ > http://www.simplemessageboard.com Free Forum Software for Cold Fusion > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=14 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=14 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.14
