Actually a standard email only gets queued if it can't be sent initially. Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] message queue
> > >I have set some mailing lists that contains thousands of recipients. When > >someone sends an e-mail to those lists the message is handled with the > >same priority as a normal one. This makes high or normal priority messages > >to be queued. > > That's correct; standard E-mails will get sent to the queue (and therefore > typically delayed at least 1/2 hour) if all your outgoing SMTP processes > are being used (which often happens with a mailing > list). http://www.declude.com/dq.htm explains the situation in detail. > > >I want to know if it is possible to handle the queue for the list to be > >sent later, I mean, with a lower priority. > > Our Declude Queue will better handle the situation. It works by giving > highest priority to any E-mail where delivery hasn't been attempted yet, > and will use up free processes as soon as they are available. So instead > of the standard (non-list) E-mail getting delivered in about 1/2 hour or > later (as it is now), or a few seconds (as it would if it had full priority > and could be sent immediately), Declude Queue might get it out within a few > minutes. It can also speed up delivery of the E-mails on that list quite a > bit. > > -Scott > --- > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for > IMail. http://www.declude.com > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
