The CF spooler (in either edition) is much faster than this. I'd investigate the mail server you're using to see if it can be sped up, because I doubt the problem is with CF itself.
cheers, barneyb On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:04:38 -0800, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are beginning the process of creating a CF generated e-mail system. The > idea is to be able to create e-mails and send to lists that may contain a few > hundred to tens of thousands of our donors and other contacts. > > We have done some preliminary testing and were surprised at how slow our mail > is going out. As slow as 1 a second; at that speed, if we sent an e-mail to > all ~25,000 donors, it would take nearly 7 hours to send all the messages. > That does not sound correct to me. I strongly believe we must have something > throttling our throughput way down. But I have no idea what it may be. > > Can those of you using CF to generate and send to larger lists give me some > advice on what may be happening? > > Current systems: > CF 6.1 Standard > Windows 2000 Server > Exchange Mail Server (separate box) > > Thank You -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 50 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:197038 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
