Newsletter CPU Use

[shin111]

I'm using SMF 1.1.20.

I sent out a newsletter recently and the amount of CPU usage caused my webservice provider (Webhostingpad) to temporarily shut down the site. I have a small forum that hardly uses much resources, so I am quite displeased with Webhostingpad. However as that's what I have until -- I have the time to make the effort to change service providers -- I'd like to know if there's a way to configure SMF to use less CPU sending the newsletter?



(I am not upgrading to 2.x because I would not be able to keep the forum's theme, mod packages and overall customization)

[margarett]

How many members did you send the newsletter to?
1.1.x doesn't feature mail queue like 2.0 does so everything is sent at once. While that can cause you spam-like problems (eg, you being "marked" as spammer) I would debate if that can cause a CPU hog...

[shin111]

Actually it did break it up into 3 parts sending it off. The forum has only around 200 members.

The resources usage part of cpanel showed I had been limited and the CPU had hit the 100% allowed usage mark -- right when I sent out the newsletter. And then of course there was the temporary downtime after the webhost enforced.

[margarett]

Sending 200 emails is hardly resource intensive...