Tony, I actually explored this issue and ran a few speed tests to see if there was an advantage to using cffile vs cfmail. One instance I used cffile to create cfmail files, and in another instance I created eml files.
I honestly thought I might see a gain, but cfmail is fast. There weren't any real benefits to writing the eml files, except for skipping the cfmail spool. Which wasn't worth the trouble (ie. I didnt want to leave the email.cfc in charge of writing mail and putting it in IIS mail folders because it was just over complicating the process and wouldn't be easy for another developer to follow in comparison to the familiar cfmail) Fer shits and giggles... the cfmail method sends 10k+ custom emails in less than 30 seconds. (Counting time from executing the cf script to receiving them in my inbox). -Adam On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:20:49 -0500, Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > justin... > > how would i write messages to this folder and not to cfmail? > do i need to generate some sort of text file, that is the whole > complete email, the header etc...? > > just wondering... > > thanks > > tw > > > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:12:11 -0500, Justin D. Scott <[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. > > > > There are a few options: > > > > 1. Use the method you have now and wait several hours for delivery. > > > > 2. If the messages do not need to be customized, use regular mailing list > > software to actually send the messages. > > > > 3. If you do need personalization, you can use the built-in SMTP Service > > that is part of IIS to do the sending. Write the message files directly to > > the \mailroot\pickup directory and the IIS spooler will grab them and > > attempt delivery immediately, effectively bypassing the ColdFusion e-mail > > spooler. Do this in batches to 1,000 every minute or so and they should all > > go out within half an hour. > > > > ----------------------------------- > > Justin D. Scott > > Vice President > > Sceiron Interactive, Inc. > > www.sceiron.com > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 941.378.5341 - office > > 941.320.2402 - mobile > > 877.678.6011 - facsimile > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:197092 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
