[Twisted-Python] writing a newsletter manager in Twisted
Manlio Perillo
manlio_perillo at libero.it
Thu Jan 4 03:47:24 MST 2007
Felipe Almeida Lessa ha scritto:
> On 1/2/07, Manlio Perillo <manlio_perillo at libero.it> wrote:
>> I would like to write a newsletter manager in Twisted, using
>> twisted.mail and twisted.names.
>
> Another one? What's wrong with the others?
>
They are written in PHP or Perl.
>> 1) The sending of mails should be queued.
>> The sending should friendly to server and internet load
>
> I think you could create sort of a queue per server, and deliver it
> after N messages ou X minutes waiting. It would not be very difficult
> using DeferredQueue, I imagine.
>
I have read all the options available for Postfix, like sending methods,
SMTP connection caching.
Its not so simple.
>> 2) I should be notified when an email address in unreachable
>> (after n tries)
>
> Well, I don't see any reason why this wouldn't be possible.
>
The question is: is this possible with twisted.mail out of the box?
>> 3) I want to use a caching DNS server, where I should be able to control
>> the TTL (not sure this is a good idea)
>
> I can't answer this one.
>
>> A much simpler solution is to just use a MTA like Postfix and a DNS
>> server like Bind, but Twisted is more portable and flexible (?).
>
> It would be simpler using something like Mailman
> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ .
>
Yes, it is possible to do something with Mailman.
However I would like to have a solution in pure Twisted, since it can be
used on Windows, too.
Regards Manlio Perillo
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