>Many thanks for your reply. The mail server in question is running >CommuniGatePro on a multi-processor machine with plenty of RAM. It should >be able to handle this.
so the problem is probably not over there >I did query it with their support people and they said that the SMTP error was >due to Coldfusion dropping the connection to the server. ... so the problem is with CF's apparently still screwed up SMTP client. See my previous recommendation. >What setting controls this? I can see that it looks like I need to increase >the Spool Interval - if I set this to say 180 seconds would it help the >problem? no. I'm guessing "spool interval" is "deferred msg retry interval". totally unrelated to broken SMTP connections by CF. >I am happy to look at alternative programs Since you're handling linux, you can handle postfix as MTA, for which there is probably a postfix RPM or whatever they call them for your flavor of Linux, (rather than spend weeks puzzling through sendmail's crypic config and m4 macros). postfix has one config file of full-word style param = value > but CF should be capable of sending >3,000 emails without losing them en-route I said that in 1997. why do you think so many of the very first CF add-ons were replacement SMTP clients for CFMAIL? >- and we have a more than capable mail server. assume the mail server isn't the problem. Len ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:14:3753 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
