thanks, russ, it looks interesting and i may try, but i am in a hosted environment and switching applications would take some work. Before i go down that path, does anyone know if 3-5 messages/second is all IIS can do, or how to boost performance?
greg At 07:57 PM 11/17/2005, Russ wrote: >Try IMS-Lite... We're using it with a dedicated mail server and have seen >huge improvements over just using CF. IMS-Lite is also supposed to be able >to send mail out itself, but I haven't tried that personally. > >They also have other (non-free) versions that come with more threads and >more functionality... > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Greg Saunders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:35 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: cf/iis mail performance problems > >My company routinely sends out large mail blasts to our subscribers using >CF and IIS SMTP. CF seems to do it's job quite nicely, and we can see the >messages moving from the CF spool into the IIS Queue, but then things bog >down. IIS seems to be sending out 3-5 messages/second, which is painfully >slow for large volumes of mail. > >We are doing this on a Win Server 2003 with CFMX 7. They are both on the >same box, but we see no problems with CPU or RAM utilization (not even >close). > >We have looked at IIS SMTP settings and tried various combinations (# >messages per connection, etc); nothing seems to help. > >Any ideas? Is 3-5 messages/second expected performance? It seems very low >to me, but I'm not sure how to improve things at this point. I've heard >that you can have CF write messages directly to the IIS mail pickup folder, >but since mail leaves the CF spool quickly I presume that's not the >bottleneck. > >Thanks, > >Greg Saunders >Chief Technical Officer >Socratic Arts >http://www.socraticarts.com > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:224612 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
