Author Topic: How come only 10 messages processed on first pass of mailing routine? (Read 859 times)

charlie · November 02, 2012, 05:08:18 pm

Whenever I do a mailing, I see that only 10 messages get processed on the first pass of cron. The same is true if I disable the cron facility and instead select "execute now" the "send scheduled mailings" on the scheduled job page. This "feature" is obviously not a show-stopper, but its documentation has eluded me.

Because of ISP limitations, I have configured CiviMail to process 50 messages per run, and use a 5-second throttle time. (Fortunately, my constituent database is fairly small -- ~500 records.) So, the first pass of cron sends 10 messages, and subsequent passes send 50.

I'm using CiviCRM 4.2.6 (which fixed an unrelated problem) running on Drupal 7.16.

DaveT · December 02, 2012, 05:26:22 pm

I see the same thing. Is there a setting somewhere that controls this?

kharding · December 02, 2012, 05:37:14 pm

I see it as well - but is it the case that it only sends 10 in a pass? By the time my cron job runs again (15 minutes later), all of the emails have been sent.

Hershel · December 03, 2012, 03:22:05 am

Quote from: DaveT on December 02, 2012, 05:26:22 pm

I see the same thing. Is there a setting somewhere that controls this?

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC41/CiviMail+Mailer+Settings

Michael McAndrew · December 03, 2012, 05:54:32 am

I have also experienced the only send 10 on the first pass bug on civicrm 4.2.6. Hershel - not sure your link provides an answer or am i missing something?

Hershel · December 03, 2012, 05:58:36 am

The wiki page I posted has

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Mailer Batch Limit - Throttle email delivery by setting the maximum number of emails sent during each CiviMail run (0 = unlimited).

Which is the answer to the question "Is there a setting somewhere that controls this?"

If that value is 0 or greater than 10, and still it only sends out 10, then that would appear to be a bug. But the first thing would be to check with your hosting provider to make sure they have not assigned some limits with regards to outgoing email.

Michael McAndrew · December 03, 2012, 06:15:39 am

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Which is the answer to the question "Is there a setting somewhere that controls this?"

true

In my case I am the hosting provider

and it sends out 10 the first time and then proceeds to send out quite a few the subsequent times (1,000s) so I think it may be a bug.

aside: not sure when/how it decides to stop when everything is set to 0. I guess it may be a timeout though I had always assumed it was doing something cleverer ...

planetwebb · December 03, 2012, 10:35:30 am

Same issue referenced here: http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,26421.msg112481.html#msg112481

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