Re: mass mailing
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 20351
interpreted = N
texte = >Maybe I'm missing something here, but what advantages does this >meta-refresh method have over creating all of the messages from within one >big [founditems] loop? I've always used something like this to create a >unique message for each record in the database.Well, I can see a couple of disadvantages of the meta tag code ...First, if the browser loses its connection with the server, the server will never finish sending all the messages you want it to send. This solution relies on a new connection for each message, instead of a single connection for all messages. One missed 'refresh' and the whole process stops dead in its tracks ... :(Second, it's far slower that the normal way of doing things, but maybe there's a reason for that ...Third, it refreshes the browser when most people would not need or want it to be refreshed. Of course, maybe there's a reason for that as well, for example, the writer may have some reason to see a visual indication that each message is sent. But in a mass mailing, I cannot imagine sitting there and watching my browser refresh itself every 10 seconds or so for 1000 or 10,000 times in a row ...Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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>Maybe I'm missing something here, but what advantages does this >meta-refresh method have over creating all of the messages from within one >big
[founditems] loop? I've always used something like this to create a >unique message for each record in the database.Well, I can see a couple of disadvantages of the meta tag code ...First, if the browser loses its connection with the server, the server will never finish sending all the messages you want it to send. This solution relies on a new connection for each message, instead of a single connection for all messages. One missed 'refresh' and the whole process stops dead in its tracks ... :(Second, it's far slower that the normal way of doing things, but maybe there's a reason for that ...Third, it refreshes the browser when most people would not need or want it to be refreshed. Of course, maybe there's a reason for that as well, for example, the writer may have some reason to see a visual indication that each message is sent. But in a mass mailing, I cannot imagine sitting there and watching my browser refresh itself every 10 seconds or so for 1000 or 10,000 times in a row ...Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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