Email Queuing Enhancements 1.1.1

[Breixo]

Hi @Xon
I have an issue with emails. I'm sending a monthly newsletter to around 130k registered users.
I send them via /admin.php?users/email
The problem: it just send few emails per minute so the process takes the whole day to complete...
I also use [bd] Mails, that's why sending the whole mails almost together to Mandrill should not be a problem.

I installed this addon so I can modify the batch size process, but the problem remains.
Any help or recommendation with this?

Thanks!

 

[Xon]

I suspect it is the cron execution time that is being respected which is the issue, resulting in more time spent waiting between small batches than actually being executed.

I'll need to have a check to see how it works.

 

[Breixo]

I suspect it is the cron execution time that is being respected which is the issue, resulting in more time spent waiting between small batches than actually being executed.

I'll need to have a check to see how it works.

Thanks for checking, I'll wait for your answer

 

[Xon]

Thanks for checking, I'll wait for your answer

After looking, my add-on respects the run-time length for deferred job. This limits the effectiveness of the 'batch size' argument.

You can try using GoodForNothing Shell Defer to allow the cron tasks to run for longer. But this requires access to the crontab (aka doesn't work well with shared hosting).

 

[Breixo]

After looking, my add-on respects the run-time length for deferred job. This limits the effectiveness of the 'batch size' argument.

You can try using GoodForNothing Shell Defer to allow the cron tasks to run for longer. But this requires access to the crontab (aka doesn't work well with shared hosting).

Thanks a lot @Xon
I'll try it, I'm on a dedicated server.
Kind regards

 

[viper357]

Not sure if Its what I am looking for. Will this limit the number of emails sent per hour? Most shared hosting only allow 500 emails per hour.

Thanks,

@tommydamic68 Did you find anything that limits emails?

 

[tommydamic68]

@tommydamic68 Did you find anything that limits emails?

Unfortunately not.

 

[rdn]

Does 2 factor auth emails bypass this addon?

 

[Xon]

Does 2 factor auth emails bypass this addon?

Only if you have the "Queue All Email" check setting enabled.

 

[rdn]

Ok Thanks!
Disabled now.

 

[rdn]

What if I want all emails go through Queue? Except 2 Factor Auth.
Can you please add an option for that?
Thanks again.

 

[nrep]

Did you have any luck fixing the slow e-mails problem, @Breixo? I've got this addon installed and it worked great under XF 1.4, but with XF1.5 it is very slow (20 mins for 1000 mails) to send bulk e-mails from the admin panel via Mandrill. I've got my queue size set to 50, which was fine previously as it sent so quickly.

Has anyone else noticed changed between 1.4 and 1.5 with bulk e-mails and this addon?

 

[Xon]

@nrep XF1.5 causes bulk email to be sent via a deferred task. My add-on only hooks that code path to push failed email into the deferred queue and shouldn't affect normal bulk email flow.

 

[nrep]

@nrep XF1.5 causes bulk email to be sent via a deferred task. My add-on only hooks that code path to push failed email into the deferred queue and shouldn't affect normal bulk email flow.

Thanks for the reply Xon . Is there any chance that the addon could be updated to include the new method of deferred bulk e-mailing? This is where we heavily rely on queuing

 

[Breixo]

Did you have any luck fixing the slow e-mails problem, @Breixo? I've got this addon installed and it worked great under XF 1.4, but with XF1.5 it is very slow (20 mins for 1000 mails) to send bulk e-mails from the admin panel via Mandrill. I've got my queue size set to 50, which was fine previously as it sent so quickly.

Has anyone else noticed changed between 1.4 and 1.5 with bulk e-mails and this addon?

Hi! I still have the same problem, hope it can be solved with future updates.

 

[Xon]

I'm hoping to have some time to look into this within the next week or two.

 

[rdn]

Feature request, I hope there is an option to specifically disable queuing of:

• Email Confirmation
• 2 factor auth Email
• Password Reset Request
• Password Reset

 

[Xon]

Xon updated Email Queuing Enhancements with a new update entry:

Feature update release

• Added the option, under Email Options, to exclude a list of email templates from being forcibly queued.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[rdn]

Xon updated Email Queuing Enhancements with a new update entry:

Feature update release



Read the rest of this update entry...

Even if I have "Queue all email" enabled, still those template will not be queued?
Thanks!

 

[Xon]

Even if I have "Queue all email" enabled, still those template will not be queued?
Thanks!

Correct, any email template you add to the "Email templates to exclude" option are excluded from the 'queue all' option. I'll tighten up the text on that option at some stage.