If the file content is the same for all emails, I would put the PDF up on the web server or somewhere accessible and put a link in the email to it.
You can't escape the size of the attachment package at the send level. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen > Tellef > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 4:18 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: RMail question > > The speed with no attachments is perfectly fine, it's putting that > almost-2MB PDF file on there that slows it down. I tested it with > sending an email with 3 bcc addresses. It took the same 1 min 15 sec > to form the email, then pushed it to the addresses in no additional > time. So it looks like the way to go with big attachments is to send > as a bunch of bcc's. > > Karen > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Hamilton <[email protected]> > To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, May 16, 2014 3:01 pm > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: RMail question > > > If it helps, I sent out 315 html emails of 25.3 KB each, no > attachments, in 1:33. But that includes a 5 minute pause every 40 > emails per my ISP, so actual "mail time" was about an hour. Each one > one was sent individually via a cursor. > > It would interesting to see how multiple addressees per email would > affect the time. > > ISP upload speed is a bit north of 1 Mbps per http://www.speedtest.net/ > and http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ > > Doug > "It's hard to explain puns to a kleptomaniac because they always take > things literally." > > > On 5/16/2014 2:22 PM, Karen Tellef wrote: > > > > Using RMail on a 32-bit 9.5 system. Client is going to be > interested in sending out an email with attachment to a very large > group of people. When I test this with 30 people, emails without an > attachment take about 2-3 seconds to send out. When I include a 1.7MB > PDF file as an attachment, each email takes about 1 min 15 seconds > which won't be real easy with hundreds to send out. (I ran it from the > server itself, not a workstation) > > So first question is if this seems like a "normal" amount of > time. Otherwise, should I think about instead doing a "bcc" to > everyone? Is there a practical limit to the number of > "add_bcc_recipient" addresses I can do in one email, or is it simply > based on an email server's spam limit? I guess I would declare a > cursor, set a counter loop and keep sending "add_bcc_recipient" for a > bunch of them, right? > > Karen > > > > > > ________________________________ > > <http://www.avast.com/> This email is free from viruses and > malware because avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/> protection is > active.
