Cronjob Frequency and Emails Processed
By Steve J on Friday, 27 February 2015
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Hi there

We are implementing the cron job as the current page visiting switch is causing multiple copies of emails to subscribers (we have a large visitor base). I just wondered the frequency in minutes (we usually process notification crons every minute or two to ensure rapid delivery), and how many emails the php script processes each time the cron calls the script? If it is the entire set, should we set the cron job to 5 minutes to let the script complete?

Many thanks
Hello Steve,

If you are going to have about 10,000 subscribers I would suggest setting it to process 50 emails at every 2 - 5 minutes. You need to try it out because it really depends how fast can Joomla connect to your mail server.
Mark
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Wednesday, 04 March 2015 01:02
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Hello Steve,

How active is the forums? You can actually configure the number of emails to send each time the cronjob kicks in from the back end settings of EasyBlog > Subscriptions.

If your site is very active and you have a very large base of subscribers, I would strongly urge you to set a longer interval for cronjobs.
Mark
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Friday, 27 February 2015 22:17
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Hi Mark

Sorry for the delay, I did reply on Friday, but don't think it posted.

The blog is expected to have around 10,000 subscribers within two months. As such, how many emails would you suggest to send on each cronjob, and how often should the cronjob run? It is quite critical that the notifications of a new blog are received really quickly as they are time critical blogs.

Many thanks


Steve
Steve J
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Wednesday, 04 March 2015 00:55
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Hi Mark

That's working perfectly, many thanks.

Steve J
Steve J
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Thursday, 05 March 2015 20:47
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Hello Steve,

You're welcome.
Nik Faris
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Friday, 06 March 2015 00:46
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