I'm pleased to announce the availability of CFX_iMSMail version 2.4.  The
biggest news in this version is that you can now easily implement server
load balancing.

Change list:

+ Added thread-safe code.  You should now be able to use the CFX without
CFLOCKs

+ Implemented server load balancing.  You can now specify a comma-delimited
list of folders in the SPOOLDIR parameter and the tag will automatically
distribute the mail evenly across the specified folders.

+ Added TOKENSTART and TOKENEND parameters so that you can specify custom
token delimiters.  Note: This feature requires iMS 1.6 Beta 9 which is not
yet released (contact me off-list if you want it sooner than later)

+ Added PARSETOKENS parameter so that you no longer need to provide a dummy
token when using only built-in tokens.

+ Added MAXRECIPIENTS parameter which specifies the maximum number of
recipients per control file.

This new tag should allow for some relatively easy load balancing.  You can
even use iMS POST-SE on the balanced servers for a low-cost solution.
Here's an example setup:

Server1: Controlling server with ColdFusion, templates, CFX tag
POST1, POST2, ..., POSTN: Other servers running iMS POST only (you can also
add ColdFusion to these servers if you need to implement ReportPOSTStatus
templates).

Example CFX call from Server1

<cfset
SpoolList=""\\post1\c$\ims\out,\\post2\c$\ims\out,...,\\postN\c$\ims\out"">
<cfx_imsmail spooldir="#SpoolList#" ...>

Now, the outgoing mail is load-balanced among the POST Servers.

Download:

You can download the latest tag and manual from:

ftp://ftp.coolfusion.com/pub/ods/cfx_imsmail/cfx_imsmail24.zip

Note: there is currently no installer nor source code for this version.  The
ZIP file contains the DLL and manual only.

Please let me know if there are any problems or questions.

Regards,

Howie



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