[Zope] Re: How to run periodic processes - How to set Mail Host

Josef Meile jmeile@hotmail.com
Mon, 3 Mar 2003 20:23:21 +0100


> [Juan Emilio Drault wrote (juan@l...) on 3/3/03 10:05 AM]
>
> hi
>
> > How to run periodic processes inside Zope?
> > I need it to run a process that sends E-mail every hour.
>
> you can use the XRON product but a better solution would be to use Cron
> (Unix/Linux).
I would also recommend you Cron. Once I used XCron and my system crashed
everytime without finishing the XCron Method (It wasn't a Xron issue, but it
affected
the XCron Schedule). When Zope tried to restart, it tried to excecute the
XCron
Method again, so I got another email. It did it till I opened my email box
(I got 500
emails).

With Cron and wget this won't happen because unix/linux finish the
excecution of the
method without caring if it whether crashes or not.

Regards,
Josef