Re:Emailer
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17539
interpreted = N
texte = 2 quick points...The new (current) version does skip files -- at least a lot better. The new (current) format for the emailer files is identical to unix sendmail and SIMS local file structure -- you can take emailer completely out of the loop if you just set your WebCat preferences to drop the [sendmail] files right into the correct folder in SIMS... >So I am sitting here a little disappointed. I am sending out about 10K >emails from webcatalog, and this is a feature I plan on adding to the other >sites that I host (monthly specials) anyway, Emailer COMPLETELY drops the >ball upon encountering email addresses that are less then perfect. Granted >the list I handed it wasn't cleaned extensively, but emailer 1.0 (? -Came >with WebCat 2.01) has hung with a type 120 error so far 15 times in the >first 1700 messages. This REQUIRES human intervention before it will go back >to work. >Some examples of email addresses that it stopped on: > ESTUCIA@.IX.NETCOM.COM > GARJ 5409@aol.com > bdunn@ewu > aol.pizzagarib.com >If I don't look over, and catch the emailer looping in error 120, it will go >to error -183. EVEN if I delete the offending mail, the next piece of mail >will immediately get stuck looping -183 errors. I then have to quit Emailer, >and restart and it is happy again (for a while) >I realise I am a version behind. Does the new version give up on bad email >and move it off to an undeliverable folder then move on the the next piece >of mail? If not, please add this to the request list. >Also, color me unimpressed with Emailer's speed performance. I set emailer >to 10 ticks, handed it a dedicated computer running SIMS (no users, no other >software), and I get maybe 1 piece of mail every 2 seconds sent from >Webserver --> SIMS server. > > Brian B. Burton > BOFH - Department of Redundancy Department >--------------------------------------------------------------- > MMT Solutions - Specializing in Online Shopping Solutions > 973-808-8644 http://www.safecommerce.com > >Notice: this email was run through the BBBurton
filter before >being sent. If you notice there was some sarcasm left, please contact me so >that I might improve the filter. Jay Van Vark ******************************* Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & Development Suite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.com San Diego, CA 92128 ******************************* 619.675.1106** PGP key available upon request. **
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2 quick points...The new (current) version does skip files -- at least a lot better. The new (current) format for the emailer files is identical to unix sendmail and SIMS local file structure -- you can take emailer completely out of the loop if you just set your WebCat preferences to drop the [sendmail] files right into the correct folder in SIMS... >So I am sitting here a little disappointed. I am sending out about 10K >emails from webcatalog, and this is a feature I plan on adding to the other >sites that I host (monthly specials) anyway, Emailer COMPLETELY drops the >ball upon encountering email addresses that are less then perfect. Granted >the list I handed it wasn't cleaned extensively, but emailer 1.0 (? -Came >with WebCat 2.01) has hung with a type 120 error so far 15 times in the >first 1700 messages. This REQUIRES human intervention before it will go back >to work. >Some examples of email addresses that it stopped on: > ESTUCIA@.IX.NETCOM.COM > GARJ 5409@aol.com > bdunn@ewu > aol.pizzagarib.com >If I don't look over, and catch the emailer looping in error 120, it will go >to error -183. EVEN if I delete the offending mail, the next piece of mail >will immediately get stuck looping -183 errors. I then have to quit Emailer, >and restart and it is happy again (for a while) >I realise I am a version behind. Does the new version give up on bad email >and move it off to an undeliverable folder then move on the the next piece >of mail? If not, please add this to the request list. >Also, color me unimpressed with Emailer's speed performance. I set emailer >to 10 ticks, handed it a dedicated computer running SIMS (no users, no other >software), and I get maybe 1 piece of mail every 2 seconds sent from >Webserver --> SIMS server. > > Brian B. Burton > BOFH - Department of Redundancy Department >--------------------------------------------------------------- > MMT Solutions - Specializing in Online Shopping Solutions > 973-808-8644 http://www.safecommerce.com > >Notice: this email was run through the BBBurton filter before >being sent. If you notice there was some sarcasm left, please contact me so >that I might improve the filter. Jay Van Vark ******************************* Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & Development Suite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.com San Diego, CA 92128 ******************************* 619.675.1106** PGP key available upon request. **
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