Back In Stock Notifications

[conor]

Hi,

notice is sent the instant stock goes from 0 to >0 on each item. Therefore, only a few dozen emails are launched at any moment.

The system won't e-mail the same person more than once when you click the "send" button, no matter how many products they've asked to be notified are back in stock. It combines all of an individual's notifications into one e-mail, specifically to avoid any issues with spam.

If I hit the button with hundreds of emails in the queue, it could be flagged as spam at the receiving end. Is there something to modulate the transmission interval of the emails? (I know my newsletter program does that, but I don't know how)

I guess if you're a victim of your own success somewhat ( ;) ) - in that you might be e-mailing lots of people at the same server/ISP - it would be handy to limit the number of e-mails going out at once.

That would be interesting software to build in. What is this newsletter software you use, is it open source? (If so, please send a link).

You could also set up a script which automatically runs the "send" routine every time you update a product (the script would check if the product's stock level has just changed).. it shouldn't be too resource intensive as it would normally have nothing to do as normally you wouldn't be just putting something back in stock.

Just sent a couple of pints your way. Thanks again!

Thanks very much indeed... it's great to find that people like the software and it will be very nice indeed to have a drink on you this weekend to celebrate! ;)

All the best...

Conor