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Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:59 am Post subject:
Sending Newsletter practically crashes Exchange 2003 |
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Hello all. We have a newsletter we send out to about 34,000 opt-in
subscribers every other Thursday. The emails are all sent from an ASP
page using CDOSYS on Windows 2000 Server. The smart-host for that SMTP
engine is our Exchange 2003 box. Whenever that day comes around and we
send out the newsletter, our email comes to a halt for all intents and
purposes. It could take 2 days to send or receive a message if it's
sent a few hours after the newsletter is mailed out.
Interestingly enough, if I reboot the exchange server things operate at
normal speed for about 10 minutes, and then everything grinds to a halt
again. It slows down both inbound and outbound emails.
I'm wondering if there isn't a better way to do this. I can't find
much help on the web because everyone assumes you're a spammer if
you're trying to send many emails. I can't find any best-practice
documents on this subject. Surely there is a supported way for
legitimate businesses to send newsletters to their customers through
Exchange 2003. If not, does everyone use another product? Is sending
with CDOSYS in ASP slowing me down?
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Erwin van Workum
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Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject:
RE: Sending Newsletter practically crashes Exchange 2003 |
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Sean,
What kind of system (connections, hardware, load) are we talking about ?? I
had the same problems with another customer.
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With Kind regards,
Erwin van Workum
Alkum Solutions
Email : Erwin@alkum.nl
"seanmcwherter@gmail.com" wrote:
| Quote: | Hello all. We have a newsletter we send out to about 34,000 opt-in
subscribers every other Thursday. The emails are all sent from an ASP
page using CDOSYS on Windows 2000 Server. The smart-host for that SMTP
engine is our Exchange 2003 box. Whenever that day comes around and we
send out the newsletter, our email comes to a halt for all intents and
purposes. It could take 2 days to send or receive a message if it's
sent a few hours after the newsletter is mailed out.
Interestingly enough, if I reboot the exchange server things operate at
normal speed for about 10 minutes, and then everything grinds to a halt
again. It slows down both inbound and outbound emails.
I'm wondering if there isn't a better way to do this. I can't find
much help on the web because everyone assumes you're a spammer if
you're trying to send many emails. I can't find any best-practice
documents on this subject. Surely there is a supported way for
legitimate businesses to send newsletters to their customers through
Exchange 2003. If not, does everyone use another product? Is sending
with CDOSYS in ASP slowing me down?
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