Sharon Tucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 05:28 AM 8/22/01 -0400, Omar Thameen wrote:
> >Is there any way to send a test message to thousands of
> >subscribers (or more), who would typically be distributed over >hundreds
> of SMTP servers?
>
> I'd be interested in hearing any responses to this too.
>
> We have a new product just about ready, but need to test
> it for scaleability. Right now, we're thinking of asking
> for one of our customers with a larger list to test it
> out -- and be carefully watching it. But I'm not so sure
> if we'll get a volunteer :(
I suggest we all work together on creating a big file of test
email addresses.
It is easy for me to contribute say a hundred test addresses
(on multiple domain names, on multiple mailservers) that all
forward to /dev/null - I'm sure that many others here can do
the same, so we should be able to quickly put together a
reasonably big file of test addresses.
I'm willing to set up a little CGI program which collects
contributions of such test addresses and then emails a request
for confirmation to the postmaster address at the mailserver(s)
that are in charge of those addresses. (A variant of
"subscription confirmation"/"double opt-in" that is suitable for
test addresses that are set up to forward to /dev/null.)
Postmasters who have contributed test addresses (and confirmed
them) can afterwards download the whole file of test addresses.
What does everyone think about this idea?
Greetings, Norbert.
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