I would encourage *anyone* who is doing email application that need to handle volume to upgrade to CFMX 6.1 Enterprise. This kind of use case is specifically what we targeted the enhancements for.
As to the CF5 spool file locking problem, you can certainly fix this by switching to a Unix based operating system. :-( The problem is that windows will not let you move/delete a file being touched by some other 'process'. Have you investigated if there is a Windows patch that fixes problems with this kind of file locking happening 'randomly'? I can certainly believe there is a bug in the CF5 C++ implementation that would possibly not release a file handle properly, but if it only happens every *month* or two, I am not sure how we could have coded something so clever if we had wanted to.... -- Tom Jordahl Macromedia Server Development -----Original Message----- From: Michael Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:44 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Mail spooling issue > -----Original Message----- > From: Casey C Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:53 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Mail spooling issue > > > > You saw it pop up from time to time, was an effort made come > up with some > sort of prevention? Can it be prevented at the application > level vs the > core CF level. > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > Casey, I used to work for a company that sends approximately 1 billion (yes, billion) emails a month (and yes, they are spammers). The emails are created via a CF application run from the command line that spools the emails to a database. The outbound spooling is handled through a separate application on the mail servers that pulls the emails from the database and fires them out through Sendmail. We learned long ago about the spooling bug in CF5, and also that CF5 is not at all suited to operate as a high-volume mail server. If you continue to experience this bug, my advice to you is to implement a solution such as I have described. You don't have to use Sendmail. There are plenty of small, cheap (or free) mail servers available. My personal favorite is ArgoSoft Mail Server (http://www.argosoft.com). It supports SMTP, POP3 and IMAP, as well as having an API that you can access directly from CF. Mike Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=i:4:137317 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
