1. 150k-200k emails/month isn't really that many for a dedicated or even shared server. 2. http://mandrill.com/ is another option and much less expensive than the sendgrid numbers you quoted.
On 4/11/13 11:44 AM, Michael Muller wrote: > Hey all, > > Ok, so I'm all set on the question of SPF etc. Here's another one. > > I am taking on a client who has an existing CF application. It's one of those > 30%-off coupon things. They have a dedicated server right now that holds > CF/SQL/SmarterMail all on one box. They send out a little over 100,000 emails > a month. > > My existing setup is two cloud-based servers at Enterhost: CF/DNS on one, > and SQL/SmarterMail/DNS on the other. I do not want to add the extra email > burden to my system. I already send out about 50,000 emails a month from > about 170 websites, not including the POP personal / business emails of 75 of > those clients. > > The current concept is for me to get another server specifically for their > email delivery, and to move their app to my CF machine and their database to > my SQL machine. With the extra email-only server I get SmarterMail, though > I'm not sure that's the best tool for delivering large amounts of email from > CF. > > I saw that Russ Michaels mentioned sendgrid.net in a post a couple days ago > about CFMAIL dropping some emails. This client knows that their needs are > going to grow beyond the 300,000 ($200/mo) limit in a short amount of time, > and so that will turn into an expensive solution eventually. > > So, if I stick with the new cloud server just for this one client's email > delivery... am I setting this up right? > > 1. Their app on my CF server with hard-coded SERVER (see 3. below) in all > CFMAIL tags > 2. Their DB on my SQL server > 3. Their own SM server (see 1. above) > > Is there a better email delivery option from CF, and if so how would you > integrate the two onto the on box so the customer can also get their own > email at their domain? I'm curious for my own needs as well. > > Is there a better way to set up the boxes? > > I know this sounds like fundamental stuff, but I'd love any opinions people > may want to volunteer (including "what are you crazy?!"). > > Thanks, > > MM > > > > > Michael Muller -- (413) 320-5336 > http://MontagueWebWorks.com > > ** Powered by ROCKETFUSION ** > > Information is not knowledge > Knowledge is not wisdom > > Eschew Obfuscation > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355373 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
