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Problem with .cfm file running as a scheduled task in cf admin

Asked by: shaggysc96

I am using coldfusion 5 and 7 on another server. I have the code below as a file that will check the undeliverable folder 3 times and try to redeliver the mail before deleting it. Everything looks right to me, (but could not be). I have scheduled it to run in administrator as a scheduled task to run every 5 minutes. The file called cfrespoolprg.cfm and I put it in the CFIDE/scripts folder.
Under administrator in coldfusion I went to schedule task. For the url I put http://66.153.205.3/cfide/scripts/cfrespoolprg.cfm where (66.153.205.3) is the server IP. I put in the uname and password, and hit submit. If I run the task it says, task completed successfully(or something like that) but my emails are staying in the undeliverable folder (there are 2). What could be wrong?
Below is the cfrespoolprg.cfm

<!--- program to allow you to reprocess an undeliverable email up to five times before it's permanently deleted off of the server --->
<!--- set to run every hour --> 
 
 
<cfapplication name="MailCheck" sessionmanagement="Yes"
               sessiontimeout="#CreateTimeSpan(0,0,0,1)#"
               applicationtimeout="#CreateTimeSpan(0,1,0,0)#">
 
<!--- ColdFusion's Mail directory --->
<CFSET MailRoot="C:\CFusion\Mail">
 
<!--- Copy the key list form the Application scope --->
<cflock timeout="30" throwontimeout="Yes" type="EXCLUSIVE" scope="APPLICATION">
	<CFPARAM name="Application.EmailKeys" default="">
	<CFIF IsArray(Application.EmailKeys) EQ "No">
		<CFSET Application.EmailKeys=ArrayNew(2)>
	</CFIF>
	<CFSET Keys=Duplicate(Application.EmailKeys)>
</cflock>
 
<!--- Set a "Successfully Sent Flag" so that we know if the email managed to make it through the mail server --->
<CFLOOP index="KeyLoop" from="1" to="#ArrayLen(Keys)#">
	<CFSET Keys[KeyLoop][3]=0>
</CFLOOP>
 
<!--- Get a list of bounced mail --->
<cfdirectory action="LIST" directory="#MailRoot#/UnDelivr" name="Dir">
<CFLOOP query="Dir">
	<CFSET cr=CurrentRow>
	<CFIF Dir.Type EQ "File">
		<!--- Read in the file and generate a unique Hash value from the contents to identify this email from all the others --->
		<cffile action="READBINARY" file="#MailRoot#/UnDelivr/#Dir.Name[cr]#" variable="FileData">
		<CFSET FileHash=Hash(ToBase64(FileData))>
		<!--- If Ok stays zero, it's a new email that we haven't seen before --->
		<CFSET Ok=0>
		<!--- Loop over the bounced emails we've already logged --->
		<CFLOOP index="KeyLoop" from="#ArrayLen(Keys)#" to="1" step="-1">
			<CFIF Keys[KeyLoop][1] EQ FileHash>
				<CFSET Keys[KeyLoop][2]=Keys[KeyLoop][2] + 1>
				<CFIF Keys[KeyLoop][2] GT 5>
					<!--- We've tried to send this email five times already, kill it (or if you wish, move to a different directory) --->
					<cffile action="DELETE" file="#MailRoot#/UnDelivr/#Dir.Name[cr]#">
					<CFSET Jnk=ArrayDeleteAt(Keys,KeyLoop)>
					<CFSET Ok=1>
				<CFELSE>
					<!--- We've tried to send this email five times or less so far, let's try again --->
					<cffile action="MOVE" source="#MailRoot#/UnDelivr/#Dir.Name[cr]#" destination="#MailRoot#/Spool/#Dir.Name[cr]#">
					<CFSET Ok=1>
					<CFSET Keys[KeyLoop][3]=1>
				</CFIF>
			</CFIF>
		</CFLOOP>
		<CFIF Ok EQ 0>
			<!--- It's a new email, let's add it to our list --->
			<CFSET NR=ArrayLen(Keys) + 1>
			<CFSET Keys[NR][1]=FileHash>
			<CFSET Keys[NR][2]=1>
			<CFSET Keys[NR][3]=1>
			<cffile action="MOVE" source="#MailRoot#/UnDelivr/#Dir.Name[cr]#" destination="#MailRoot#/Spool/#Dir.Name[cr]#">
		</CFIF>
	</CFIF>
</CFLOOP>
 
<!--- Purge emails from the array that were successfully sent --->
<CFLOOP index="KeyLoop" from="#ArrayLen(Keys)#" to="1" step="-1">
	<CFIF Keys[KeyLoop][3] EQ 0>
		<CFSET Jnk=ArrayDeleteAt(Keys,KeyLoop)>
	</CFIF>
</CFLOOP>
 
<cflock timeout="30" throwontimeout="Yes" type="EXCLUSIVE" scope="APPLICATION">
	<CFSET Application.EmailKeys=Duplicate(Keys)>
</cflock>

                                  
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2008-01-25 at 07:59:23ID23111385
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by: SBennettPosted on 2008-01-25 at 13:10:14ID: 20746367

Have you checked your error logs to see if there are any errors occurring with that script?

Also is there some reason why you decided to put the template in the /cfide/scripts directory? That seems a little unorthodox. I would recommend that you put these kinds of scripts into a separate directory that is not under /cfide/.

 

by: shaggysc96Posted on 2008-01-25 at 13:16:18ID: 20746416

at the risk of sounding stupid, where would these error logs be? It was recommended to put in a directory such as cfide.

 

by: SBennettPosted on 2008-01-25 at 13:27:04ID: 20746515

In the logs folder in the coldfusion application root directory, In coldfusion 6 I believe its:
C:\CFusionMX\Logs

in 7 it's

C:\CFusionMX7\Logs

in fact that may be your error right there... you have your code set like this:

<!--- ColdFusion's Mail directory --->
<CFSET MailRoot="C:\CFusion\Mail">

when on the coldfusion 7 server it should probably be like:

<!--- ColdFusion's Mail directory --->
<CFSET MailRoot="C:\CFusionMX7\Mail">


 

by: shaggysc96Posted on 2008-01-25 at 13:30:10ID: 20746532

It is set up that way on coldfusion 7, sorry. The code I gave you was how I set it up on coldfusion 5.

 

by: shaggysc96Posted on 2008-01-25 at 13:33:02ID: 20746543

Also I did not see anything about the file in the logs. There were 2 I looked through. cfadmin and server.

 

by: SBennettPosted on 2008-01-25 at 13:42:06ID: 20746606

look at the exceptions log and the application log

 

by: shaggysc96Posted on 2008-01-28 at 06:36:07ID: 20759215

I did not see anything in the logs indicating an error. In the scheduler logs I have these messages;
"Scheduled task 'respoolmail' for URL request 'http://66.153.205.3/cfide/scripts/cfrespoolprg.cfm' initiated." "Status code for task: 'respoolmail' is '200 Success'" yet there are over 200 messages in the undeliverable folder today. Any suggestions? or other ways to get the undeliverable email redelivered automatically?

 

by: shaggysc96Posted on 2008-01-28 at 07:14:24ID: 20759607

It looks like I have found the problem, but now how to  fix it?
The reason most of the emails are being put in the undeliverable folder, from the mail logs, is
"SMTP server replied "No connection to mail server".
I have increased the connection timeout to 75 with the mail server  in cfadministrator.
Anyone know why the SMTP server connection would not always be connected?
And any way possible to fix my problem?

 

by: SBennettPosted on 2008-01-28 at 09:26:25ID: 20761034

There are lots of reasons why you may not be able to connect to your mail server. I would start by checking the settings in the mail section of coldfusion administrator. If those are all correct, I would look at the smtp server configuration and make sure that it is allowing smtp messages to be relayed from the coldfusion server.

 

by: shaggysc96Posted on 2008-01-28 at 09:43:06ID: 20761180

IF the SMTP server didn't allow messages to be relayed, wouldn't all of the messages go into the undeliverable folder? They are not all going there, some are being delivered. Any idea as to how to check the smtp server configuration for that?

 

by: SBennettPosted on 2008-01-28 at 10:39:26ID: 20761641

It could be that there is an intermittent problem with the connection between the SMTP server and the CF server.

 

by: SBennettPosted on 2008-01-28 at 10:40:23ID: 20761652

Or perhaps some kind of throttle setting that restricts how many messages are allowed from a certain IP to prevent DOS attacks, or spamming.

 

by: shaggysc96Posted on 2008-01-28 at 10:51:22ID: 20761746

ok, thanks. Fixing that would be over my head,back to my original question any ideas on how to make the above file work?

 

by: SBennettPosted on 2008-01-30 at 15:54:56ID: 20782832

if it not throwing any errors then perhaps it is just not scheduled correctly? try adding a little code to the template that logs a timestamp to a file everytime it runs. add this snippet of code to your script on the cf8 server and it will create a log file in the same directory as your script and append a timestamp everytime it runs.

<cfset variables.successFileName = expandPath('emailRetryUndelvr.log') />
<cfif ! fileExists(variables.successFileName)>
	<cfset fileWrite(variables.successFileName, "") />
</cfif>
 
<cfset variables.fileObj = fileOpen(variables.successFileName, "append") />
<cfset fileWriteLine(variables.fileObj, "#now()#") />
<cfset fileClose(variables.fileObj) />

                                              
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