We only send to those that are supposed to...

Post #333,472 by folkert 9/30/10 6:58:09 PM Reply	We only send to those that are supposed to... And they are definitely responsible for the systems they are notified for. We use the SMTP gateways to not overwhelm the services. (10digitnum@vtext.com... etc... 1234567890@rogers.com) and we deliver singly, not in batch mode. Verizon delivers in mere seconds. AT&T delays up to 30 minutes. T-Mobile doesn't delay more than a minute. Rogers is also near instantaneous. Dunno. But this is not that tough.
Post #333,478 by drook 9/30/10 9:42:35 PM Reply	Possible SES? That's "Shit's Easy Syndrome". You obviously know way more about it than I do, but Box does do this for a living. Easy for you doesn't necessarily mean easy for him, and I don't like making promises on other people's efforts. However ... I still say if you can prioritize it, and they can, that that's all you need to do. Automated messages always get last priority, problem solved. Here's my assumption, by the way: Once the hardware and software is in place to do this at all (including the gateway Box mentions), I assume that the incremental cost of each message approaches zero until you reach saturation of some part of the system and have to increase capacity. Is that a valid assumption? -- Drew
Post #333,487 by boxley 9/30/10 10:00:55 PM Reply	headcount doesnt approach zero Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #333,492 by jake123 9/30/10 10:37:35 PM Reply	Actually, prioritizing automated messages last would be a terrible idea. Automated messages make up the majority of all legitimate messages we handle... and they are generally considered very important by the customers that use them. We get to hear about it sometimes when they're delayed by ten minutes; some very major Canadian inet services use us to notify their employees of problems.
Post #333,490 by jake123 9/30/10 10:34:47 PM Reply	Heh Rogers is the smtp gateway that I actually admin.
Post #333,533 by folkert 10/1/10 10:46:50 AM Reply	Look at the post where I explained... My setup to not become a DoS. http://iwt.mikevital....iwt?postid=36671
Post #333,625 by jake123 10/3/10 2:33:52 PM Reply	Just did read that and no, you're not the norm. Well, semi norm? I guess most people have it set up alright, but the ones that don't end up causing us huge problems, so we really get to notice those ones.

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