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A while ago I used BLAT to send out a group of messages to people and found that the server that I was going through would watch for large volumes and just not allow all the emails to be sent if they were “too many too quickly”. I put a 2 second delay between each BLAT execution and it solved the problem. Yes, It took a couple of minutes to send all the emails, but that was better than losing some of them.
I would look for mail server/service that doesn’t restrict you like that.
Ernest
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 22:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [blat] Delete file after sending
One caution
For no apparent reason, I periodically get messages like
Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
Subject: For Wednesday discussion!
Sent: 2016-05-09 10:45 AM
The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:
'Marina Vale' on 2016-05-09 10:45 AM
Server error: '451 Temporary local problem - please try later'
'RICK CICCARELLI' on 2016-05-09 10:45 AM
Server error: '451 Temporary local problem - please try later'
These appear to come from the service provider ( no local server! ) but unfortunately Outlook shows the error message with EMPTY properties. A resend works! And in the case above, only 2 of about 15 recipients didn’t get the message. The other 13 got it. Resend worked immediately.
Deleting attachments because the BLAT didn’t get an error message can be problematic. I estimate that half a dozen times a year, I reload my message queue and resend messages that simply disappeared after a successful send, typically all going to the same domain or at least same email address.
If I had deleted the files, I wouldn’t be able to do that. And by doing so, I maintain credibility with clients that the original attempt was made at the appropriate time. This has also allowed for troubleshooting with ISP’s.
Mike
Mike Mattos
“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered”
Voltaire
From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: June 30, 2016 11:18 PM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [blat] Delete file after sending
> Thank you for suggestion. I was hoping that a small option could be added into blat, as to avoid having to pass parameters to the .bat file, and from there on to blat.exe. All very hard to maintain and prone to errors.
>
> Warm regards,
> Marcha
Yes, it is possible to include an option for this in a future release. I am thinking it might be called /delmsgfile
Chip