I will see if I can get you specific info on the LAN and Mail server limits here.
regards sh ________________________________ From: jan johansen <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 3:25 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Load testing RMail? Karen, My limited knowledge says that there is usually a limit per hour. But in the past I've just run a cursor through the list with a PAUSE FOR xx in the loop depending on how many to send. Jan -----Original Message----- >From: Karen Tellef <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) >Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:38:51 -0500 (EST) >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Load testing RMail? > >Now that I have RMail 9.5 up and running, it's time to think >of the next issue I might run into. This client will want to send >emails to "groups" of people at a time. The biggest group right >now has 380 people in it; could go even higher as they continue >to accumulate email addresses. > >I'm assuming RBase has no problem "pushing" that many emails >out the door, but do I have to worry about their email server? >Are there questions I can ask their IT guy? > >If you think that's too many to send at once, the only thing I >can think of is to accumulate a bunch of "BCC" addresses. >Like maybe a group of 20 BCCs at once? It would take a bit of >programming but wouldn't be impossible. Or have a counter and >have the program do a LONG pause at some point? > >Thanks for any suggestions! All I know is that they have some >kind of AT&T service. > >Karen >
