1. If you have a client who is demanding instant emails sent to their 75,000 customers (I question if they even want it) right then, ask him how many people will be up late at night and be reading their emails at 2am (or later).
2. Have you considered getting 2 mail servers? One dedicated to orders and one for mass mailings and non-priority emails? If that is to expensive, ask your client to foot the bill and see how critical it is for mail to be delivered "RIGHT NOW". 3. Just a note on diplomacy, "you have to get more creative than that." when I first read it sounded a tad like you were yelling at the free advise you were given. Surely I am mistaken, but first impressions and all that. :) Justin Scott wrote: >> Or you just schedule your mass mailer process during the >> beginning of your off-peak time frame (like 2AM) so that >> the possibility of conflict is very minimal. > > What if you have order notifications that need to get to the customer > quickly, even at 2AM? What about on-demand mass mailers where the > client wants their message to get to their 75,000 customers "right now > damnit!" ... you have to get more creative than that. > > > -Justin Scott > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:286858 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
