Thanks Adrian, Brandon. So, for starters, I'll use tasks for sending any type of bulk email. I do plan on using a 3rd party provider at any rate. Just wanted to save some time and kick off with GAE Mail API while I look into various providers. For now Sendgrid looks like it'll be the right choice.
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Adrian Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > Recommend using a 3rd-party mailing solution like Sendgrid.com or Amazon's > new service to get some decent deliverability (possibly Mailgun is another > option). App Engine is not really trying to be a solution for this yet, > imho. > > I've used bcc constructs for newsgroup-post-publication style notifications > (for ryze.com), but generally prefer generating individual msgs. > > Take a look at Facebook's From address structure sometime too for amusement, > if you haven't already. > > -a > > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Branko Vukelic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have a few scenarios where I need to send emails en masse (batches >> of 10 to maybe 200 or 400 addresses). In some cases, the batch size >> would be a result of the amount of users' activities, and in certain >> cases the batch is for notifications sent to multiple users at once >> (something like a mailing list). >> >> The former will probably best handled by task queues, but for the >> latter scenario (notification email), I was thinking maybe using BCC >> would save some Mail API calls and time. The messages themselves are >> identical in those cases, so I see no reason why it couldn't be sent >> using BCC instead of TO field. Of course, it might have some >> consequences that I'm failing to see. Can anyone advise me on this? >> >> -- >> Branko Vukelić >> [email protected] >> >> Lead Developer >> Herd Hound (tm) - Travel that doesn't bite >> www.herdhound.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. >> > > > > -- > Adrian Scott, Ph.D. > CEO, Founder > CoderBuddy > http://www.coderbuddy.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. > -- Branko Vukelić [email protected] Lead Developer Herd Hound (tm) - Travel that doesn't bite www.herdhound.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.
