On Apr 8, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Mary Ann Kelley maryann@PROTECTED wrote:

Doh I've been changing these variables in the plugin files I just realized that I can change them in the config file I'm assuming that if I do that, it will override the plugin values and I won't have to update them every time I upgrade (unless I have Dada create a new config file)?

You are correct And if you are upgrading to the forthcoming v6 3 0 stable release, there will be no need to create a new config file (unless you want SES sending)

I see they have a comma after each line in the config file but a semi-colon in the plugin file I've been changing the number of mailouts at once and the max size of messages Would I change it like this:

Bridge => {

  Plugin_Name                         => undef,
  Plugin_URL                          => undef,
  Allow_Manual_Run                    => undef,
  Manual_Run_Passcode                 => undef,
  MessagesAtOnce                      => 2,
  Soft_Max_Size_Of_Any_Message        => 5500000,
  Max_Size_Of_Any_Message             => 10500000,
  Allow_Open_Discussion_List          => undef,
  Room_For_One_More_Check             => 0,
  Enable_POP3_File_Locking            => undef,
  Check_List_Owner_Return_Path_Header => undef,
  Check_Multiple_Return_Path_Headers  => undef,

},

Looks good

Is there any difference in the end result between these two settings:

• Set MAILOUT_AT_ONCE_LIMIT to 2 and Room_For_One_More_Check to 1 • Set MAILOUT_AT_ONCE_LIMIT to 1 and Room_For_One_More_Check to 0

Yes $MAILOUT_AT_ONCE_LIMIT is a global config setting, so it's not specific to Bridge It'll set how many mass mailings you're allowed to send with Dada Mail at one time That comes into play, if you have > 1 list, a limit of (say) 500 messages/hour, and you don't want 2 mass mailings going out at one time - as that'll mean 1,000 messages go out in an hour, and half of those messages won't (probably) reach their intended recipients

Room_For_One_More_Check is Bridge specific and tells Bridge if it should even check to see how many mass mailings are currently going out If it's set to, "0", it won't look at all, if it's set to, "1", it'll see, and if it's equal to, or more than the limit set in, MessagesAtOnce (another Bridge-specific pref) it won't check for any new messages to send

So, in your case, since you have, "Room_For_One_More_Check" set to, 0, "MessagesAtOnce" won't even be looked at

The idea behind those, is that by default, you don't want dozens of messages in your mass mailing queue, as they're just hanging out, doing nothing anyways I set things pretty conservatively, but if you wanna take 'er on the road and open 'er up a bit, you can see what she's capable of doing ;) I keep everything at the default, myself - probably because it's annoying to re-do everything every time I upgrade …look for v6 4 0 to help relieve that, perhaps! :)