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I am sending an email with an attachment through cfmail. The steps are: First, the attachment is saved to the server. Second the cfmail command is invoked. And third the attachment file is deleted from the server. The problem is that the email is not sent if I do all three steps on the same page.
I was assuming the the cfmail command was immediately invoked and I could clean up the file right away. I guess now that the file has to stay in the folder until it is certain that the mail server sent the message. Is that true?
? If so, what is the best practice for how and when to remove the file?
Thanks.
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by: mrichmonPosted on 2005-06-02 at 11:09:26ID: 14133199
Here is an interesting solution:
How can you immediately delete a CFMAIL attachment?
http://www.maxfusion.co.uk
It is freeware....
ANother option which is probably common is to schedule the cleanup of attachment files using cfscheduler - always store them in a certain place and then periodically look to see if you can delete them (i.e. spool is empty and there are files in the temp attach directory)