Author Topic: Schedule a blast at certain time (Read 2030 times)

bowmah · « **on:** August 29, 2007, 03:33:56 pm »

I noticed that a scheduled email does not have a time option. How do we dictate what time the send begins?

Better yet, is there an option to choose time on the email scheduler page?

DW · « **Reply #1 on:** August 29, 2007, 07:26:49 pm »

More diverse timing has been suggested a few times and is under consideration for a future update.

Followups and scheduled messages are currently sent once per day at the time configured for the dailymail cron task.

Regards

bowmah · « **Reply #2 on:** August 29, 2007, 10:14:18 pm »

Thanks for the reply Dean.

So currently, when we schedule a blast, what time will the server send it out. Is it possible to edit some settings so that we can control the start time on the set date?

DW · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2007, 12:45:16 am »

Yes, you can set the exact hour and minute you would like it run each day. Here's a quick primer on Crontab

The ListMail documentation assumes you are on a Linux server. Timing for, say, 8:15am (server time zone) would be

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15 8 * * *The method to enter timing and a command can vary, depending on your web host's control panel software.

Regards

bowmah · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2007, 09:31:55 am »

Thanks very much Dean. Got it now!