[Zope] using zope for broadcast e-mail messages...

[Anthony Baxter]

>>> chas wrote
> Zope's dtml-sendmail tag is excellent - it makes sending
> e-mail a breeze. It reminds me of a similar tag that
> Cold Fusion added and which I've noticed many sites use
> for sending out customized newsletters (the "Allaire 
> ColdFusion Application Server" header being the giveaway).
> 
> 
> Now, doing the same in Zope, I can loop over the user 
> profiles in our database to extract name, e-mail, and
> even customize the content of the newsletter as follows :
> 
> 
> <dtml-in ZSQL_Select_User_Profiles>
> 
> <!--#sendmail mailhost="ZMailHost"--> 
> To: <dtml-var firstname> <<dtml-var email>> 
> From: robot <robot@ourdomain.com> 
> Subject: <dtml-var random_inanity>
> 
> Dear <dtml-var firstname>,
> 
> blah blah content (also dependent on his/her likes/preferences)
> 
> <!--#/sendmail--> 
> 
> </dtml-in>
> 
> 
> Nothing groundbreaking so far. But the question then is : how
> is this going to work if the user database numbers 200,000+ ?
> It will take almost half a day to complete and this can't be
> done in one form-submission or page load !


Why not use ZClient to make the request to do the mailout?
It can just happily sit there for half a day (or whatever) chugging
along, without screwing up if your browser goes away.

Anthony

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Anthony Baxter     <anthony@interlink.com.au>   
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