Ah so! I guess I misunderstood or misremembered the previous discussions. These emails will be TO a single individual, with one or two addresses in the BCC.
I'm running IIS5 SMTP server. The only setting I've found is the one that opens new connections once a max number of messages (20 by default) is reached on one. I don't yet understand this stuff enough to get fancy with custom mail serving. :) The most I'll be running at one time in this set is under 1000. I guess I'll start with the smaller batches and work up, while keeping an eye on things to spot any problems. I'm still researching the SMTP pickup option, but I've got to start getting some of these out the door. Thanks everyone for the feedback! j > -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Gonick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Bulk Email > > > The problem I remember was putting too many addresses in > the bcc line. I think that the limit there was around 200. > If you send out individual emails, then it's the mail server > that becomes the limiting factor. Bob's approach of sending > out a limited number of emails each minute works very well. > I'm on his server, and I'm one those people who sends out > bulk mailings, and it works fine. You can send out 10 - 20 > per minute no problem. > > Stefan > > At 01:49 PM 8/27/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Is that where the problem lies? I thought I'd seen several > discussions > >on the list that Tango sometimes lost emails when doing bulk > >processing. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ben Johansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 1:41 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Bulk Email > > > > > > > > > I would be more worried on the amount you SMTP server could deal > > > with than what Tango can dish out ;-) > > > > > > Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com > > > Authorized Witango Reseller > > > http://www.pcforge.com/WitangoGoodies.htm > > > Authorized MDaemon Mail Server Reseller > > > http://www.pcforge.com/AltN.htm > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Wilcox, Jamileh (HSC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 11:35 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Bulk Email > > > > > > I'm jealous! (Still waiting for approval to buy the upgrade.) > > > > > > So does anyone have an idea of the max that will go through from > > > Tango 2000 without problems? I swear I've seen a number > discussed > > > on this list, but I haven't been able to search it up. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > jamileh > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Robert Shubert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 9:16 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Bulk Email > > > > > > > > > > > > Just as a vote of confidence for Witango 5's email function. My > > > > servers process between 60,000 and 100,000 customized > emails per > > > > day. These emails are transferred to the email server using the > > > > Witango Email Action. I built an advanced queuing system that > > > > divides the load evenly throughout the day, so as to not stress > > > > the servers or bandwidth with one large burst. > > > > > > > > Robert Shubert > > > > Tronics > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Wilcox, Jamileh (HSC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 11:22 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Bulk Email > > > > > > > > OK, new twist. The email must contain a PDF attachment. > > > > > > > > Is it possible to do this via the SMTP queue? I've > been reading > > > > up on creating SMTP emails, and I think I've got most of it > > > > figured out except for this. > > > > > > > > If not, I'm back to needing a safe number for batching > Tango2000 > > > > emails. > > > > > > > > Thanks much! > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Wilcox, Jamileh (HSC) > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:23 AM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Bulk Email > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So Witango5 doesn't have the problem with sending > lots o' email? > > > > > Another note to send upstream in my quest for an > > > > upgrade... :) > > > > > > > > > > These will be going individually to the recipients, but I > > > was going > > > > > to BCC the originator. That won't cause problems, will it? > > > > > > > > > > (This is a side-project - one of our docs needs to email > > > invites to > > > > > a yearly conference. He used to do a Word mail-merge > > > into Outlook, > > > > > but changes on the Exchange server since his last set > > > prevent that > > > > > from working any more. Since the boss-man knew I'd > done small > > > > > bulk-mails to our web users, he asked if I could do this > > > mailing. > > > > > Of course, it's way much more complicated than our original > > > > > understanding of what was needed, but what-the-hey. At least > > > > > I'm making brownie points for my dept and for Tango! :D ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Dan Stein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:15 AM > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Bulk Email > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I use Witango 5 but no special mail function. I > have not had a > > > > > > problem with even 4,000 emails. But very important is to > > > > not use BCC > > > > > > to send the emails out but send one per person. If you > > > > use BCC you > > > > > > will very soon find you are blocked by SPAM filters > > > from all over > > > > > > and won't even be able to send one. And worse that that > > > > if you use a > > > > > > large ISP like say XO then one of their mail > servers will get > > > > > > blacked and it will affect everyone on that server. > > > > > > > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > on 8/25/03 18:20, Wilcox, Jamileh (HSC) at > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > OK, I'm going to be doing some bulk emailing via Tango > > > > > > (Tango 2000 on > > > > > > > W2K IIS5). I'll be using a FOR loop to work through a > > > > > > > Search resultset, with a Mail action in the loop to send > > > > > > > emails > > > > > with data > > > > > > > from the database search. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know that there's a problem with losing emails if too > > > > > > many are sent. > > > > > > > Can anyone give me a "safe" number, so that I can > run these > > > > > > > in batches? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alternatively, I've tried setting up Tango to write text > > > > > files into > > > > > > > the SMTP queue (as discussed on the list). I'd rather do > > > > > that than > > > > > > > have to run multiple batches, but I'm having problems. > > > > > > These are Word > > > > > > > documents saved as HTML (yuck!) - they work fine if I > > > > > cut&paste the > > > > > > > HTML into the Mail action, but if I cut&paste it into a > > > > > > text file and > > > > > > > mail that, everything is double-spaced. Any > > > > suggestions for that? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [OT] > > > > > > > Can anyone tell me how to identify an ActiveX control in a > > > > > > Word HTML > > > > > > > document? I get an ActiveX warning message on my test > > > > > > emails, but I > > > > > > > can't figure out what's causing it. 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