I have a dream email system that I'd like to set-up. Well, actually, I've already set it up, but I've got a few questions to ask and there's also some limitations that I'd like to work through.
I think that this topic might be helpful for lots of other folks 'cause my dream system seems like it's the same system that anyone with a public-facing web application might like to have. My dream email system has two purposes: Purpose 1. General Purpose Corporate Email (all email addresses except "[EMAIL PROTECTED]") -- employee email, responding manually to users with support questions, etc. For this I've set-up gmail for my domain and I've set up an MX record at my domain registrar (1and1) directing it to use gmail as my mailserver. Purpose 2. Automated Interaction with My Users (email address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]") -- sending password reset, sending welcome email when new account established, bulk email to all of my users who "opt in" to bulk communication, etc. For this I'm using ActionMailer and the sendmail program on my server (this bypasses gmail). It's all up and working but I've got a few questions. Question 1. What is the performance threshhold for a bulk email using sendmail? I haven't hit it yet but my largest email has gone out to 500 recipients. What if I sent an email to 10,000 recipients? Will it send or will it break? I'd rather anticipate this problem now rather than find out about it later. Question 2. It seems like right now sending my Purpose 2 email is invisible to google. That is, 1and1 isn't telling google that I'm bypassing them and sending some of my email with sendmail. That's the way I want it and I hope that's actually true. Is it? I don't want to get google mad at me 'cause I'm sending bulk emails that are touching their system when I don't intend to. Question 3. My Purpose 2 setup has a problem in that delivery errors are not posted back to ActionMailer. Rather, 1and1 uses the MX record to divert the delivery errors to my gmail account. An example: sendmail sends a Purpose 2 email to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and the bounceback is directed by the 1and1 MX record to gmail. Is this confusing to gmail since gmail didn't send the message to begin with? Are they going to get mad at me? The best solution would be to have two MX records for my domain -- a Purpose 1 MX record directing to gmail and a Purpose 2 record directing to ActiveRecord/sendmail. However, 1and1 tells me that they can't have multiple MX records for one domain. Question 4. Given its limitations, my solution really seems like a bad one. What is the right way (the Ruby Way? :)) to handle Purpose 1 and Purpose 2 email? Some ideas: Idea 1. Set up a second domain "mysitemail.com" and build a corresponding second rails app which handles Purpose 2 email. In that case, how could I configure my orginal rails app "mysite.com" to send mail through "mysitemail.com" rather than through itself? Is this a good idea? Note that this is not optimal in that my users would get email from a confusing second site. Idea 2. Find a domain registrar that allows multiple MX records? Does anyone know of anyone? How have other folks handled all of this? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
