Somehow I missed this reply yesterday. The file I use is very specific to the app I designed it for. I have thought about packaging it up for general consumption though. If I have time in the next little while I may write up something about it. Sorry I can't be much more help than that right now. I'm totally under a deadline crunch...
-Cameron -------------------- Cameron Childress elliptIQ Inc. p.770.460.1035.232 f.770.460.0963 -- http://www.neighborware.com America's Leading Community Network Software > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Everland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:19 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: FAIL Spooling > > > Would you mind sharing the file? > > Robert Everland III > Dixon Ticonderoga > Web Developer Extraordinaire > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:09 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: FAIL Spooling > > > > We've written our own 'spooling system' using SQL Server and an > > event script > > to fire off Jmail every five minutes. We've found this works a > lot better > > than CF for bulk mail as you can use Microsoft's SMTP server and > > the pickup > > directory. > > 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 > > -------------------- > Cameron Childress > elliptIQ Inc. > p.770.460.1035.232 > f.770.460.0963 > -- > http://www.neighborware.com > America's Leading Community Network Software > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Darryl Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 10:01 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: CFMAIL Spooling > > > > > > We've written our own 'spooling system' using SQL Server and an > > event script > > to fire off Jmail every five minutes. We've found this works a > lot better > > than CF for bulk mail as you can use Microsoft's SMTP server and > > the pickup > > directory. > > > > Darryl > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2001 12:06 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: CFMAIL Spooling > > > > > > Thanks, Tom. Not even through a registry setting, eh? > > > > Looks like any CF applications we had written for CF4 which were doing a > > self-paced delivery of messages should be rewritten. There's not > > much sense > > in it if CF has a maximum delivery speed of 400 messages per minute. I > > suppose 24,000 messages per hour is reasonable, but if you've got the > > processing power and adequate bandwidth, I don't understand why > > they'd want > > to impose this limit. > > > > The 64k limit of email message files in the spool directory, if I > > recall, is > > due to CF's file-naming convention. Is CF smart enough to re-use > > file names > > in a cyclic manner - moving files out of the spool in a way that lets it > > re-use file names such that you can always get 64k files in the spool? > > > > Jim > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "tom muck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 6:37 PM > > Subject: Re: CFMAIL Spooling > > > > > > > There is no setting for the number of emails. The spooler delivers > > > 100 mails every 60 seconds. You can change the interval to 15 > > > seconds, but no lower. Also, there is a limit of 65,535 emails that > > > can be delivered to > > the > > > spool folder at one time. > > > > > > tom > > > www.basic-ultradev.com > > > > > > "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > 02b501c17c57$ec7da220$352fa8ce@jim">news:02b501c17c57$ec7da220$352fa8ce@jim... > > > > In the CF5 Administrator there's a parameter that controls how often > > > > the server checks the mail spool. Is there a fixed number of > > > > messages that > > CF > > > > relays to the mail server in each interval? Doing a mass mailing > > > > (40k messages), it seems that mail is moving rather slowly from the > > > > CF spool. The mail server being used is _very_ idle and could easily > > > > be relaying messages faster. Is this a registry setting, or is > > > > there something else limiting how fast CF moves these messages? > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm 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
