Victor, no, not multiple. Backup (failover) servers may be specified. The key to successfully sending a large volume of mail is to allocate enough mail processing threads, make sure the mail server can handle concurrent logins and all those threads, and keep SMTP connections open.
-----Original Message----- From: Victor Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:30 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Can cfmail scale? I have read the article and that's the reason I thought that CFMX might work. Can multiple email servers be specified or just the one (and backup) in CFadmin? What will be a decent hardware platform to support this? Are there any white papers on this? Thanks Victor On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:18:33 -0500, Umer Farooq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. No problem. > > However the bottleneck most likly won't be CFMX but your mail server. > > Make sure to check off.. "Maintain connection to SMTP server" > > -- > Regards, > Farooq > > Victor Moore wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was wondering if CFMX 6.1 Enterprise can be used as a platform for > > relative large number of emails to be sent in a short period of time. > > This is not for spamming but to notify customers if the service they > > had subscribed to is being disrupted. They estimate the need to send > > up to 120K emails in 5-10 min. > > Can this be done with a CF only solution or another approach is needed. > > > > Thanks > > Victor > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:188296 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
