Re: OS X and Emailer
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 44116
interpreted = N
texte = Michael Davis wrote: > The OSX Emailer seems much slower than SIMS on OS9, even with the ticks > set to 1. I'm also unsure about how many files are allowed by Emailer > to build up in the EmailCompleted directory. I seem to have accumulated > so many that I can't easily delete them all. Anyone know what criteria > Emailer uses regarding how many files it allows in the EmailCompleted > directory and when/why are they deleted?Files are never deleted from the EmailCompleted directory; this is considered a feature. Don't ever try to open a directory with more than a few hundreds of files in a GUI!WARNING: don't do this until you understand what the above line does; it is provided as an example only and no warranty is implied. I didn't even test it myself. If you blow away your O/S, it's not _my_ fault. Get a good book on Unix administration.You can use something like the following: find . -mtime +48 -exec rm \{} \;from a shell prompt (from within the EMailCompleted directory) to delete all files modified more than 48 hours ago (or whatever).> > Also, not being a sendmail expert, I'd like to know if there is a > submitted folder that can be used with the stock sendmail on OSX > client. Any pros/cons on going that route as opposed to using Emailer? > I am not aware of a way to drop files directly into the sendmail queue; it is highly unlikely that sendmail is the slowest step in your process in any case. Just how many e-mails are you sending???HTHJohn-- 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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Michael Davis wrote: > The OSX Emailer seems much slower than SIMS on OS9, even with the ticks > set to 1. I'm also unsure about how many files are allowed by Emailer > to build up in the EmailCompleted directory. I seem to have accumulated > so many that I can't easily delete them all. Anyone know what criteria > Emailer uses regarding how many files it allows in the EmailCompleted > directory and when/why are they deleted?Files are never deleted from the EmailCompleted directory; this is considered a feature. Don't ever try to open a directory with more than a few hundreds of files in a GUI!WARNING: don't do this until you understand what the above line does; it is provided as an example only and no warranty is implied. I didn't even test it myself. If you blow away your O/S, it's not _my_ fault. Get a good book on Unix administration.You can use something like the following: find . -mtime +48 -exec rm \{} \;from a shell prompt (from within the EMailCompleted directory) to delete all files modified more than 48 hours ago (or whatever).> > Also, not being a sendmail expert, I'd like to know if there is a > submitted folder that can be used with the stock sendmail on OSX > client. Any pros/cons on going that route as opposed to using Emailer? > I am not aware of a way to drop files directly into the sendmail queue; it is highly unlikely that sendmail is the slowest step in your process in any case. Just how many e-mails are you sending???HTHJohn-- 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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