Uri, yes that does make sense but that's what the customer wants :) There always right aren't they !!
Mike(mickalo)Blezien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Thunder Rain Internet Publishing -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ----- Original Message ----- From: Uri Guttman To: Mike Blezien Cc: Perl List ; Mike McClain Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 4:06 AM Subject: Re: Randomizing a 24hr time period >>>>> "MB" == Mike Blezien <mick...@frontiernet.net> writes: MB> it isn't for spam I assure you. A client of ours sends out 25-50, MB> messages/quotes, a day to various spiritual web sites. And they MB> have already been approved by the web sites they are posted MB> too. They just wanted a solution to randomize when the messages go MB> out so they are like a "surprize" when they appear. given that email has random delays anyhow, why not just make them go out on a fixed period? the receivers will never know it wasn't random. and that is a lot of messages sent per day. if someone doesn't read email often, they will see a bunch in their inbox at a time. no randomness will be percieved there. i bet no one will ever say, they came in too regularly but i wanted more random spacing! uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com ---------