Pete, An old discussion on CFTalk that may still be valid http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:47090 <http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:47090>
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:07 PM, <b...@bradwood.com> wrote: > > I believe you will need to account for that throttling in your code. > Once your CFMAIL tag as run, the CF server will sent your messages as > soon as the mail spooler runs next. I suggest a queue table of your own > that you dump ALL the E-mails into and a job that polls that table and > sends out x number of mails per minute. > > Or, an even better solution would be to set up your own SMTP server or > pay to use one that will allow for your load. ISP's tend to get very > cranky if they think you are a spammer since that tends to get them > blacklisted and they don't want that. > > ~Brad > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Throttling CFMail > From: Pete Ruckelshaus <pruckelsh...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, August 24, 2009 3:58 pm > To: cf-talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > > > I got dinged by my ISP for sending 2,000 email newsletters at once. Any > ideas on how to "throttle" these emails so that they are sent in small > batches, i.e. 100 per minute? Is there a simple way to accomplish this, > or > do I just need to write my own code that loops through and sends emails > incrementally? > Thanks. > > Pete > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325641 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
