Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 37948
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texte = I saw something on this list a while ago the call an include file that wouldrecal itself when it had finished .. Eg:[include file=sendemail.inc&start=1]Inside that file it would do a fixed loopSend email 1Sendemail 2Up 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.HTHAlain> 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
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I saw something on this list a while ago the call an include file that wouldrecal itself when it had finished .. Eg:[include file=sendemail.inc&start=1]Inside that file it would do a fixed loopSend email 1Sendemail 2Up 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.HTHAlain> 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/
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