Whoops, typo: I meant: Your solution would definitely _not_ work well at that point!
On Dec 18, 9:31 pm, MajorProgamming <[email protected]> wrote: > That would work well for a small amount of users. But what if my app > grows to like 5,000 emails? Your solution would definitely work well > at that point! > > Do you maybe know of an external service that would allow me to set up > s/t to "broadcast" to many url's or is there another way that i'm > "missing"? > > On Dec 18, 7:43 pm, Alexander Kojevnikov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Suppose one of the features I have on the App I'm creating, is the > > > ability for users to subscribe for certain "alerts." > > > > 1. What would be the best way to implement this considering the > > > current features available on google app engine (and possibly other > > > free services)? > > > There are two issues to consider: > > > * Calling send_mail() takes time, don't send too many emails in one > > request. > > * If you send too many emails within a short period of time you will > > get a quota exceeded error, even if you don't reach your daily email > > quota. > > > What I do in my app is the following: > > > * I ping a certain URL from an external box. > > * The handler of that URL sends one pending email. > > * Wait, rinse, repeat. Time to wait (in seconds) = 24 * 60 * 60 / > > daily_quota. > > > --www.muspy.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
