I know this is the wrong answer, but I never use cfmail for large quantities of messages, I'd run a perl script or something like that. I don't want to make success hinge on things like requests timing out.
On Dec 2, 2004, at 9:58 AM, Matthew Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > We have a strange issue when it comes to sending out email messages > using CF to > a large number of subscribers (about 3,000). Some messages are > delivered but > some are not. > > Our mail server logs contain entries such as: > > 13:30:39.41 3 SMTPI-46717([**IP**]) read failed. Error Code=connection > closed > by peer > > **IP** is the address of the ColdFusion server in question. I > switched on mail > logging in CF and it contains about 50 'Error' entries like this: > > Could not connect to SMTP host: mail.domain.com, port: 25 > > In the Mail settings in CF Administrator, I increased the connection > timeout to > 180 seconds and the Spool Interval to 60 seconds. > > Should these be set higher, or am I missing something? Is CF not > sending the > messages quickly enough to the mail server, or is the mail server not > able to > process them in time? > > Any ideas would be gratefully received. > > > Many thanks, > > > Matthew. > > P.S. This is running on ColdFusion MX 6.1 Standard using the normal > CFMAIL > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:14:3749 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/14 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:14 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.14 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
