> But if you didn't muck with the To: header, you could open one
> connection, send all of the addresses in a batch and then send
> one copy of the body.
>
> This places a much lower load on the intervening network(s) and
> also on the receiving machine.
It's not for the To: header that we're sending independent, unique
messages.
It's because every message is tagged with a unique identifier
(X-Lyris-MemberID) in the message header so that if the message
bounces, Lyris is able to identify who bounced it by that header.
This means that Lyris is able to automatically process a higher
percentage of error mail, and understand what caused it, than if
every message were identical.
Since list owners spend a huge amount of time dealing with error
mail, we think this is a significant feature. Many list
administrators would like to have error mail automatically processed
for them -- doing it by hand is not a fun task. If that means the
computer has to do more work, so be it, better the computer's time
than mine.
John
john@shelby.com, Shelby Group Ltd., http://www.shelby.com/
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