Break the alphabet up into 24 segments and run 24 separate jobs, where the last name starts with this hour's letter.
Mightn't be exactly the same size for each segment but does that matter as long as they're bite-size chunks each hour? Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com .com,.net,.org domains from AUD$20/Year On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:28:56 -0600, Dave Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks! I need your input on a task I've got to create that sends out a > notification to everyone on our mailing list once daily. However, our list > is quite large, so I don't want to send it at the same time every day as > that's too much mail to go out at once. What I would like to do is develop > a routine that would send these notifications out throughout the day for all > subscribed members of the list. It must take into account that the list is > dynamic and changing throughout the day. > > I've had a couple of ideas, but ruled them out for various reasons. One > idea I already had was to use the time the person was 'added' to the list > and send them the notification message at that same time every day. Since > our subscriptions are spread throughout the 24 hour period, that would > balance it out somewhat. However, two problems with that are 1. Most > subscriptions come during the day, so it wouldn't be properly balanced. 2. > My task would have to run literally every minute, or every 5 minutes or so > and look for the people who had subscribed within that time period and send > them the notification. My fear is that if the time on the server gets off > or gets changed, some people would be missed. > > My ideal situation would be a good balanced send over a 24 hour period. > > Anyway, I'm open to new and creative ideas. I'm sure someone has had to do > something like this before, so hopefully I will get some great suggestions! > > Thanks!!! > > Sincerely, > > Dave Phillips > BizBreeze.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 615-746-3851 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184448 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
