Sounds like a listserver should be used. Unless they are spamming with it,
in that case there is software to send out spam. Or have them send it via
pop. Dont think the webemail system was ment to send 50zillion messages at
one time.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marketing [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 3:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [IMail Forum] Imail Overload
>
> Hi,
> Can anyone tell me which is best way to handle multiple sending of
> email to multiple recipients?
> I had client send 20 mail x 30 recipients (600 emails) and the CPU
> pegged at 100% and everything was going to crash and burn...first
> with asp failing, then other services going down till server locks
> up.....this was happening till I was monitoring and saw it
> happen......luckily I caught it in time to shut iwebmsg down (as
> cpu for iwebmsg went sky high) to save a probable reboot.
> I caught the client and after he told me what he is
> doing...extracting up to 100 clients from database and sending 20
> to 30 emails to each recipient....I can see why the crash.
> So, what is best way to handle large volume of email...
> Sending mails 30 by 30 with BCC is obvious that Imail can not
> handle....:-(
> Perhaps by sending the message 1 recipient by 1... It will take a
> long time, but maybe be better between the threads and the cpu will
> not peg? or is there a better way?
> Specs: ver. 4.08 w/400mhz dual w/512meg Ram
> Thanks,
> Fred Sadowick
>
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