Author:  renhoffman  Posted:  Dec 31, 2010 19:35  Subject:  Wanted list notification time out, solution 1  Viewed:  78 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Discarded Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card renhoffman (7659) Location:  USA, North Carolina Member Since Contact Type Status Feb 3, 2001 Seller   Store: Rens Brick Room BrickLink Discussions Moderator (?)

Ok, I have two different ideas to solve the problems with wanted lists timing out. Here is solution one, solution two will follow shortly, please just vote on the one you think might be the best way to address this. So, when a seller uploads a large number of lots, and then attempts to notify, the system can time-out due to too many emails being sent. When a seller tries to send the notifications, a certain number are sent, and then the system stops them from being sent. If the seller tries again, the same number of notifications are sent, and then the system stops them at about the same point. This appears to the buyers that have received multible emails from said seller, that the seller is trying to spam them, when in fact they are just trying to send out notifications once. Here is the real problem, this seller can no longer send out correct notifications, because the original notifications remain in the system as "unsent". If they add more lots, and try again, it repeats the cycle shown above, sending the same people notifications. Please add a "reccommended maximum lot addition" that will fall within the limitations of the Bricklink system, to the help section on mass uploads. This would require the help of some sellers, perhaps keeping track of some uploads, and notifications. the info could be used to come up with a realistic number of lots that most likely would not time out. Again, please check my other suggestion, and vote on the best idea to solve the problem. Thanks so much, Darren

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Re: Wanted list notification time out, solution 1 - eileenkeeney (1610)

I wonder if this explains why I sometimes do not get notified. I was poking around in a store today, and saw items I know I have a notify set up for, yet never got a notification. [...] (163 months ago, Dec 31, 2010, to Suggestions)

Re: Wanted list notification time out, solution 1 - kzinti (4925)

When I have large numbers of lots and it times out, I usually just hit refresh and it continues on it's merry way to completion. (163 months ago, Jan 1, 2011, to Suggestions)

4 Messages in this Thread:

 Msg 1 « - renhoffman (7659) 163 months ago Dec 31, 2010 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - eileenkeeney (1610) 163 months ago Dec 31, 2010 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - maggiec (1690) 163 months ago Dec 31, 2010 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - kzinti (4925) 163 months ago Jan 1, 2011 to Suggestions