Thanks a lot for this robbie,
one again eegHeadCafe comes to the rescue..
cheers
martin.
"Robbe Morris [C# MVP]" <info@eggheadcafe.com> wrote in message
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> You'll want to send the emails asynchronously.
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http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20030720.asp
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> "Marty" <martin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a web based asp.net application that iterates through a bunch of
>> email addresses that are stored in a database and sends email to them.
>> Now I know this is not ideal (or even the correct way to do this -- a
>> service would be better) however at present I am left working with what I
>> have.
>>
>> I am attempting to send a mailshot of 2008 emails.
>> I tried this from a webserver within the corporate LAN and it worked,
>> although it took about 10 minutes to loop through all of the records.
>> The point is that it worked.
>>
>> I then accessed the same server from OUTSIDE the corporate LAN and
>> attempted to do the same test (2008 emails again.)
>> This failed after about 4 minutes with the message
>>
>> 10060 - Connection timeout
>> Internet Security and Acceleration Server
>>
>> I have taken the following steps
>>
>> I have set the session timeout in IIS to 1 hour.
>> I have set the script timeout in IIS to I hour.
>>
>> I have set the timeout of the oledb "command" object to 1 hour in my
>> code.
>> I can NOT set the timeout of the oledb "connection" object as this
>> setting is read only.
>>
>> Can anybody tell me if there is anything else that I can do in the short
>> term before I rewrite the web application to send email the correct way
>> (via a service)
>> .
>> cheers
>>
>> martin.
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