if the problem is on the CF side or the SMTP server rejecting the email then the email will just end up in the undelivr folder. You can check the cfmail logs and also the SMTP logs on the SMTP server for more clues.
If the mail sends but never arrives, then the issue is most likely at the recipients mail server, so you will need to check the logs there to find out why. On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Kevin Parker <[email protected]>wrote: > > Thanks again Russ - that did occur to me at the outset of this project and > I > did investigate so I didn't encounter this problem. Even if all files in > the > system were attached to an email it would be less than 10MB which would be > accommodated on most, if not all, hosts. But given where the site in > particular is hosted its likely to be a little dodgy :-( > > Just doing some more investigating and one option might be to merge the > PDF's on the box and then attach as a single file. > > > ++++++++++ > Kevin Parker > > ++++++++++ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Michaels [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, 21 September 2013 10:58 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: CFMAILPARAM kyboshes the email > > > well this could be an issue at your SMTP server or at the recipient mail > server. > In general most mail servers will limit the number and size of attachments > and the overall size of the email, this done for good reason, as it is > quite > common for people to try sending HUGE attachments, which get stuck in their > outbox and just keep sending over and over again. > It can easily cripple a mail server is there were no such restrictions. > As a general rule, assume that you cannot send an email bigger than 20MB > > > On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Kevin Parker > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Thanks Russ!!!!!! > > > > Problem solved (see below) but that uncovered another one. > > > > It seems my good designer friend who gets very a**l about how things > > look (I call home the "pixel police" :-) decided some email addresses > > in CFMAIL would look nice and pretty as "NAME <#emailaddress#>" so > > they look nice in the email received but at some stage one of them > > (the offending one) got reformatted as "NAME >#emailaddress#>" > > > > Once I squared that up things got flowing again. But I've encountered > > a new problem I haven't seen before - emails do not arrive when they > > have more than 3 attachments. I suspect this is a performance issue, > > not a CF constraint - have you seen this before. > > > > TIA!!!!! > > > > > > ++++++++++ > > Kevin Parker > > > > ++++++++++ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356821 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
