Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas?

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 37951
interpreted = N
texte = Why not do it the way I suggested and instead of calling the include file which would run on the spot, use the include at the end to set a trigger that would run in 20 minuted time - you could write this to the triggers.db and then when it starts itself call another include to delete the trigger ??This in theory would allow you to put that time delay in between each run of emails - and it would be more reliable.Alain> Andrew, > Thanx for your idea. That is one approach that I was thinking, a > multi-step process. I might have to do it this way, but, if I can make it > more user-friendly by having it be a single execution, then I would like to > go that route. This seems to be the challenging element, having the process > move on by itself. > > I have though of about possibly using a [loop] tag that is set to loop until > the amount of files in the emailfolder have reached an amount authorized to > send another batch, and I have also thought about using the [waitforfile] > function, which would be set to wait for a non-existent file for around 20 > minutes or so, then fire the next tag which would be a duplicate function > till all mailings have been written. > > All seem to be possible directions, but some perhaps are not feasible. Such > as, waitforfile might get interrupted, and I am not sure if the loop could > be in the manner mentioned. > > -Adam > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andrew Simpson > To: WebCatalog Talk > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:18 PM > Subject: Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? > > >> put it with a founditems loop and use startat[counter] ...endat[counter] >> >> click a button to send next 500... >> >> on 17/8/01 1:18 PM, Adam O'Connor at webDNAprogrammer@hotmail.com wrote: >> >>> 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/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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)
Why not do it the way I suggested and instead of calling the include file which would run on the spot, use the include at the end to set a trigger that would run in 20 minuted time - you could write this to the triggers.db and then when it starts itself call another include to delete the trigger ??This in theory would allow you to put that time delay in between each run of emails - and it would be more reliable.Alain> Andrew, > Thanx for your idea. That is one approach that I was thinking, a > multi-step process. I might have to do it this way, but, if I can make it > more user-friendly by having it be a single execution, then I would like to > go that route. This seems to be the challenging element, having the process > move on by itself. > > I have though of about possibly using a [loop] tag that is set to loop until > the amount of files in the emailfolder have reached an amount authorized to > send another batch, and I have also thought about using the [waitforfile] > function, which would be set to wait for a non-existent file for around 20 > minutes or so, then fire the next tag which would be a duplicate function > till all mailings have been written. > > All seem to be possible directions, but some perhaps are not feasible. Such > as, waitforfile might get interrupted, and I am not sure if the loop could > be in the manner mentioned. > > -Adam > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andrew Simpson > To: WebCatalog Talk > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:18 PM > Subject: Re: Bulk Email >>>>Any ideas? > > >> put it with a founditems loop and use startat[counter] ...endat[counter] >> >> click a button to send next 500... >> >> on 17/8/01 1:18 PM, Adam O'Connor at webDNAprogrammer@hotmail.com wrote: >> >>> 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/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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