How's the speed of CFFILE when used in big mailings? Have you tried it with 50,000 + emails?
I tried out a custom tag that used CFFILE to send mails, and it was painfully slow. Using CFMAIL I can execute huge numbers of queries and send mails to my mail server quickly. The only bottleneck is the spool folder. tom > You can also use CFFILE to write directly to the Microsoft's SMTP server > pickup directory. We do this and it works great. Set up the SMTP server > purely as a relay off to a "real" mailserver, and messages fly off the > machine. Plus you are allowing the right tool to do the right job. CF > isn't a mass mailing server, it's an application server. A server designed > specifically for handling email is virtually always going to beat one that > just "also features" email capability. > > -Cameron > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
