Re: WebCat for mass emailings

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14576
interpreted = N
texte = Have you tried setting the wait period between mailings for emailer? The default is to check for messages every 5 seconds. You can set that to a much smaller value if you'd like. This can be done from WebCatalog's admin page or by editing the EmailerPrefs file directly (if you're on mac).John.>We have WebCat set up to function as a pseudo-listserver. It is sending >out snow reports for ski areas. The problem is that Emailer crawls >through them. We are currently sending out to about 1500 addresses, and >it is taking over an hour to get all those emails out (and that is just >one ski area). Would we be better off just running it through ListStar? >Will ListStar perform faster? > >Also, can ListStar function with EIMS? > >Any ideas how we could have the Listserv handled by another server >(UNIX), while we still maintain control of the list with WebCat? > >Thanks. > >Trevor Crist >http://www.digitalfrontier.com John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: WebCat for mass emailings (Jay Van Vark 1997)
  2. Re: WebCat for mass emailings (Trevor Crist 1997)
  3. Re: WebCat for mass emailings (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  4. Re:WebCat for mass emailings (Jay Van Vark 1997)
  5. Re: WebCat for mass emailings (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  6. Re: WebCat for mass emailings (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  7. Re: WebCat for mass emailings (John Hill 1997)
  8. WebCat for mass emailings (Trevor Crist 1997)
  9. Re: WebCat for mass emailings (Karl Schroll 1997)
  10. Re: WebCat for mass emailings (Mark Rauterkus 1997)
Have you tried setting the wait period between mailings for emailer? The default is to check for messages every 5 seconds. You can set that to a much smaller value if you'd like. This can be done from WebCatalog's admin page or by editing the EmailerPrefs file directly (if you're on mac).John.>We have WebCat set up to function as a pseudo-listserver. It is sending >out snow reports for ski areas. The problem is that Emailer crawls >through them. We are currently sending out to about 1500 addresses, and >it is taking over an hour to get all those emails out (and that is just >one ski area). Would we be better off just running it through ListStar? >Will ListStar perform faster? > >Also, can ListStar function with EIMS? > >Any ideas how we could have the Listserv handled by another server >(UNIX), while we still maintain control of the list with WebCat? > >Thanks. > >Trevor Crist >http://www.digitalfrontier.com John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software http://www.smithmicro.com John Hill

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