Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas?

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I saw something on this list a while ago the call an include file that would recal itself when it had finished .. Eg:[include file=sendemail.inc&start=1]Inside that file it would do a fixed loop Send email 1 Sendemail 2 Up to the number you wanted to send.Then at the end [include file=sendemail.inc&start=[the new number ie 1 + whatever you send at one time]]You could also call a shell script at the end to delete the files from the 'completed email' folder to make sure your disks cope.HTH Alain> I am trying to control the amount of files that are written into the email > folder at one time. In addition, once the number has been reached continue > onto the next amount of files/emails to be written. > > Reason for doing this is, my client has around 5000 subscribers to his > mailing list and would like to have webcatalog perform the mailing in > segments, reducing the chance of server trouble. If possible the process > needs to be 'semi-automated', that is, either executed by a link, or > secondly, a trigger. > > I have thought of a number of possible scenarios to do this, but wanted some > input before diving in. > > -Adam O'Connor > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (Alex McCombie 2001)
  2. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (adam@inos.com (O'Connor, Adam) 2001)
  3. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (Kenneth Grome 2001)
  4. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (John Peacock 2001)
  5. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (dale 2001)
  6. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2001)
  7. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (Adam O'Connor 2001)
  8. Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (Alain Russell 2001)
  9. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (Alain Russell 2001)
  10. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (adam@inos.com (O'Connor, Adam) 2001)
  11. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (Jeff Logan 2001)
  12. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (Alain Russell 2001)
  13. Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (Adam O'Connor 2001)
  14. Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? (Andrew Simpson 2001)
I saw something on this list a while ago the call an include file that would recal itself when it had finished .. Eg:[include file=sendemail.inc&start=1]Inside that file it would do a fixed loop Send email 1 Sendemail 2 Up to the number you wanted to send.Then at the end [include file=sendemail.inc&start=[the new number ie 1 + whatever you send at one time]]You could also call a shell script at the end to delete the files from the 'completed email' folder to make sure your disks cope.HTH Alain> I am trying to control the amount of files that are written into the email > folder at one time. In addition, once the number has been reached continue > onto the next amount of files/emails to be written. > > Reason for doing this is, my client has around 5000 subscribers to his > mailing list and would like to have webcatalog perform the mailing in > segments, reducing the chance of server trouble. If possible the process > needs to be 'semi-automated', that is, either executed by a link, or > secondly, a trigger. > > I have thought of a number of possible scenarios to do this, but wanted some > input before diving in. > > -Adam O'Connor > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Alain Russell

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