Exchange isn't the proper tool to send mass mail's like a List Server, however it can handle'it.
Preposition: The message as a small size, 2K for example -if smaller even better. Caution: Review all the e-mail adresses in your SQl, to be sure they are valid!!! Or you get a lot of NDR's... Make a script (in a outlook basis): -built the subject -built the body of the massage -format the message (html, rtf, or wahtever) Connect to SQL server Open the recordset Do Until Recorset.EOF -set the subject -set the body -set the format -verify and set other options you need -Set the recipient getting it in the SQL database field -set the kind of recipient (To;Cc;Bcc) -recipients.resolve -send it. recordset.movenext Loop Run the script under a mailbox "near" or in the IMC Server, if not possible in a Server in the same Site as IMC. Like this you will not affect the other server's gateways or with another words you will not affect the Internal usage of Exchange. With this process in a "lower" (266 Mhz with 512 Mb RAM) machine the script may take aroud 3 - 4 hours to delivery 30K msg, during the work time (it is better during a period of a lower use of Exchange: at night) but the IMC doesn't complain at all, there is only a "duzen" messages going trought per second... This process with exchange isn't to do periodicaly or to handle urgent messages! But it works fine. We had done'it a 4-6 times since early year 2k until April 01 (as i recall) and it goes weel. António José E Cabrita -----Original Message----- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:24 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Mass Email server http://www.deaned.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Martin Blackstone Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:20 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Mass Email server <Deaning> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Don Ely Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:18 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Mass Email server Go back to your hole TF! ;o) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Martin Blackstone Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:13 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Mass Email server It looks like I was wrong about that. But I still believe Lyris would be the best move. Or outsource it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Glenn Corbett Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:10 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Mass Email server Brent, Exchange can deal with this no problem. One of our customers Dual PII 266, 512MB RAM box handles about 80,000 mails per day and doesn't even raise a sweat. You could certainly write a small batch of code to handle this, but exchange isn't really the best solution. Look into one of the mailing list servers like lyris, as they are better suited to this role. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 2:21 AM Subject: RE: Mass Email server > We were thinking about bring up a new Exchange Org. There would be one > server in the site and it would be a dual Giga Hertz processors - Half > gig of ram. I still don't believe that exchange's imc and mta can > handle 30000 messages. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 5:25 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Mass Email server > > > Perhaps. But Lyris can integrate right into a SQL DB and carry the > load. Pumping 30K messages through your standard Exchange server would > probably bring it to it's knees. I suppose if you had a large cluster > you could probably pull it off. > > Brent, what is the config of your Exch server? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rocky Stefano > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 5:16 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Mass Email server > > > > Martin I have seen GroupWise clusters handle that load easily. I would > think that Exchange Enterprise would be able to as well properly > configured. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Martin > Blackstone > Sent: October 1, 2001 8:10 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Mass Email server > > > > Dude, for 30K emails, your company is gonna need to spend some money > PERIOD. Exchange isn't gonna do it and it shouldn't be expected too. > Tell management to get out their checkbook and call Lyris. > www.lyris.com It integrates very well with a SQL back end. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brent Miller > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 4:23 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Mass Email server > > > How can I configure Exchange to be a mass email server. My company > wants to send out the same email to 30000 recipients external to the > company. These recipients will come from web based front end and a SQL > back end. What is the maximum recipients a Distribution list can have? > Does any have any idea how to implement a solution for this scenario? > thanks > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
