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Alexanda · 24-06-2005, 10:05

There is no time for any fuck ups and i'm bricking it, anyone else suffer from this?

Brown · 24-06-2005, 10:09

yeah. email marketing campaigns. having to press 'the button' to email 6000 people. :shudder:

dan · 24-06-2005, 10:10

...and then discovering your mailing list merge fucked and you've just sent the thing to some people 10 times. That was not a good day.

Brown · 24-06-2005, 10:12

haha. a mate of mine sent out an email to some mates last week and something went tit-up on the server. the mail server kept sending out the same message. 31,000 new emails the next morning. haha.

pgo · 24-06-2005, 10:25

Haha. Wonder how much bandwidth that ate up.

lucidcreations · 24-06-2005, 11:07

One of the guys here worked for a telecom company who had to send out a few 100,000 text messages. The girl you was sorting out the spread sheet for the merge highlighted the mobile numbers and dragged them to another column not realising that Excel had just some how increament every number by 1.

300,000 wrong numbers later she was asked to think about her future with the company.

seen.to · 25-06-2005, 01:26

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Originally Posted by Brown

yeah. email marketing campaigns. having to press 'the button' to email 6000 people. :shudder:

Didn't use to worry about mailing 90,000+ Freemoney members, with just a couple of checks first.

Went wrong once though and had to send out an apologetic e-mail to everyone the next day with a fresh copy of what should have went the day before.

Because of this some nob complained to spamcop who, despite the fact that the complaint came from a double opt-in member, reported me to my ISP since I'd sent the mail locally rather than from the server due to back-end limitations on mailmerge... ISP suspended my account for 12 days because of it causing me much grief.

Also got numerous complaints from irate members about the 'severe inconvenience' they had encountered due to receiving 2 e-mails and that they should receive that months £1,000 prize as compensation. Blah.

Ohhh how I shit it everytime I had to hit the button after that happy occasion.

Limbo · 28-06-2005, 07:33

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Originally Posted by Yer Dad

everyday!

Have a run on 50,000 64 page full colour booklets about to go to print, all my own work.....

parp!

Dusteh · 25-07-2005, 08:19

The main reason I prefer webdesign over print isn't anything to do with personal preferences - its just the fact that the web doesn't have to be reprinted 20,000 times if you spot a spelling mistake the day after publication.

I once fucked up quite badly during a rushjob, learnt from that never to let a client pressure you for a deadline without them signing everything off first. And I do mean EVERYTHING!

Alexanda · 25-07-2005, 11:08

24-06-2005, 10:05	#1 (permalink)
Alexanda European Champions 2008 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 2,420	I just sent a book to printed There is no time for any fuck ups and i'm bricking it, anyone else suffer from this?

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lucidcreations Part of the 3 out of 4 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: cheshire Posts: 2,079	One of the guys here worked for a telecom company who had to send out a few 100,000 text messages. The girl you was sorting out the spread sheet for the merge highlighted the mobile numbers and dragged them to another column not realising that Excel had just some how increament every number by 1. 300,000 wrong numbers later she was asked to think about her future with the company. __________________ Jase

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Brown volkswagen yellow & gold Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: london, england. Posts: 6,147	yeah. email marketing campaigns. having to press 'the button' to email 6000 people. :shudder:

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dan Iris Folder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: smokey Posts: 2,646	...and then discovering your mailing list merge fucked and you've just sent the thing to some people 10 times. That was not a good day.

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Brown volkswagen yellow & gold Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: london, england. Posts: 6,147	haha. a mate of mine sent out an email to some mates last week and something went tit-up on the server. the mail server kept sending out the same message. 31,000 new emails the next morning. haha.

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pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Haha. Wonder how much bandwidth that ate up.

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Dusteh Sir digby chicken caesar Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,894	The main reason I prefer webdesign over print isn't anything to do with personal preferences - its just the fact that the web doesn't have to be reprinted 20,000 times if you spot a spelling mistake the day after publication. I once fucked up quite badly during a rushjob, learnt from that never to let a client pressure you for a deadline without them signing everything off first. And I do mean EVERYTHING!

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