Re: Using [sendmail] for mass mailings
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39651
interpreted = N
texte = Adam O'Connor wrote: > > I wrote a newsletter app over the last few months. Indeed webcat's mailer is > too slow, therefore I used a seperate mailer called ezmail. I didn't use the > sendmail, rather I wrote the files to a *pickup dir*, there the messages > were sent out. The company sends out around 3500-4000 letters a day, based > upon blocks of 500-1000 at a time. Takes around an hour to complete a > mailing. I did encounter some bad bugs, but now for the most part, it has > worked well for me. > > I have to agree with Allain, webcat can be used for this if applied > correctly.And I have to point out that with a proper list serv package, 10,000 messages an hour is light traffic.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Adam O'Connor wrote: > > I wrote a newsletter app over the last few months. Indeed webcat's mailer is > too slow, therefore I used a seperate mailer called ezmail. I didn't use the > sendmail, rather I wrote the files to a *pickup dir*, there the messages > were sent out. The company sends out around 3500-4000 letters a day, based > upon blocks of 500-1000 at a time. Takes around an hour to complete a > mailing. I did encounter some bad bugs, but now for the most part, it has > worked well for me. > > I have to agree with Allain, webcat can be used for this if applied > correctly.And I have to point out that with a proper list serv package, 10,000 messages an hour is light traffic.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- 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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