Re:Emailer
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17539
interpreted = N
texte = 2 quick points...The new (current) version does skip files -- at least a lot better.The new (current) format for the emailer files is identical to unixsendmail and SIMS local file structure -- you can take emailer completelyout of the loop if you just set your WebCat preferences to drop the[sendmail] files right into the correct folder in SIMS...>So I am sitting here a little disappointed. I am sending out about 10K>emails from webcatalog, and this is a feature I plan on adding to the other>sites that I host (monthly specials) anyway, Emailer COMPLETELY drops the>ball upon encountering email addresses that are less then perfect. Granted>the list I handed it wasn't cleaned extensively, but emailer 1.0 (? -Came>with WebCat 2.01) has hung with a type 120 error so far 15 times in the>first 1700 messages. This REQUIRES human intervention before it will go back>to work.>Some examples of email addresses that it stopped on:> ESTUCIA@.IX.NETCOM.COM> GARJ 5409@aol.com> bdunn@ewu> aol.pizzagarib.com>If I don't look over, and catch the emailer looping in error 120, it will go>to error -183. EVEN if I delete the offending mail, the next piece of mail>will immediately get stuck looping -183 errors. I then have to quit Emailer,>and restart and it is happy again (for a while)>I realise I am a version behind. Does the new version give up on bad email>and move it off to an undeliverable folder then move on the the next piece>of mail? If not, please add this to the request list.>Also, color me unimpressed with Emailer's speed performance. I set emailer>to 10 ticks, handed it a dedicated computer running SIMS (no users, no other>software), and I get maybe 1 piece of mail every 2 seconds sent from>Webserver --> SIMS server.>> Brian B. Burton> BOFH - Department of Redundancy Department>---------------------------------------------------------------> MMT Solutions - Specializing in Online Shopping Solutions> 973-808-8644 http://www.safecommerce.com>>Notice: this email was run through the BBBurton
filter before>being sent. If you notice there was some sarcasm left, please contact me so>that I might improve the filter.Jay Van Vark *******************************Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog)11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & DevelopmentSuite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.comSan Diego, CA 92128 *******************************619.675.1106** PGP key available upon request. **
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2 quick points...The new (current) version does skip files -- at least a lot better.The new (current) format for the emailer files is identical to unixsendmail and SIMS local file structure -- you can take emailer completelyout of the loop if you just set your WebCat preferences to drop the[sendmail] files right into the correct folder in SIMS...>So I am sitting here a little disappointed. I am sending out about 10K>emails from webcatalog, and this is a feature I plan on adding to the other>sites that I host (monthly specials) anyway, Emailer COMPLETELY drops the>ball upon encountering email addresses that are less then perfect. Granted>the list I handed it wasn't cleaned extensively, but emailer 1.0 (? -Came>with WebCat 2.01) has hung with a type 120 error so far 15 times in the>first 1700 messages. This REQUIRES human intervention before it will go back>to work.>Some examples of email addresses that it stopped on:> ESTUCIA@.IX.NETCOM.COM> GARJ 5409@aol.com> bdunn@ewu> aol.pizzagarib.com>If I don't look over, and catch the emailer looping in error 120, it will go>to error -183. EVEN if I delete the offending mail, the next piece of mail>will immediately get stuck looping -183 errors. I then have to quit Emailer,>and restart and it is happy again (for a while)>I realise I am a version behind. Does the new version give up on bad email>and move it off to an undeliverable folder then move on the the next piece>of mail? If not, please add this to the request list.>Also, color me unimpressed with Emailer's speed performance. I set emailer>to 10 ticks, handed it a dedicated computer running SIMS (no users, no other>software), and I get maybe 1 piece of mail every 2 seconds sent from>Webserver --> SIMS server.>> Brian B. Burton> BOFH - Department of Redundancy Department>---------------------------------------------------------------> MMT Solutions - Specializing in Online Shopping Solutions> 973-808-8644 http://www.safecommerce.com>>Notice: this email was run through the BBBurton filter before>being sent. If you notice there was some sarcasm left, please contact me so>that I might improve the filter.Jay Van Vark *******************************Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog)11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & DevelopmentSuite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.comSan Diego, CA 92128 *******************************619.675.1106** PGP key available upon request. **
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