Is there a way to set batch size on email distribution?
By Andy on Wednesday, 18 January 2017
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Hello. I've started using EasySocial groups and have some high membership levels. 200+ group members. This is generating a lot of system emails to the members (for example "XYZ joined the group").

The members have opted IN to these emails and want them... but the volume got my server marked as spam and shut down yesterday. Talking with the technical support they are saying the batch size of the emails should be limited to help address the issues....

Can you tell me how many emails in the mail queue EasySocial sends at a time. I assume the frequency comes from the CronJob settings. Also is there a way to change that batch size? Thank you!
Yep, the frequency is dependent on your cronjob interval. As for the total number of e-mails being dispatched at once is 20 e-mails and I think that is perfectly fine. However, if you want to alter it, you can edit the file /administrator/components/com_easysocial/includes/cron/hooks/email.php and change 20 to your desired limit.

I honestly think 20 is fair but you could try increasing the intervals of your cronjob.
Mark
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Wednesday, 18 January 2017 21:26
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Awesome. Thanks Mark... Yes 20 sounds perfectly reasonable. Great. I was just exceeding my server spec limitations with a big spike in activity (driven by how awesome EasySocial is and how much my users are loving using it!)... I can adjust the timing of my cron job to fit my hosting package limitations. So all is good
Andy
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Wednesday, 18 January 2017 21:40
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You are most welcome Andy
Mark
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Wednesday, 18 January 2017 22:23
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