You’re right – good point! ….there has to be a way to code it though, so that it doesn’t have to run through the entire db….might have to include another table… I don’t write plugins, as I’m spending enough time writing content on my blog as it is, but it would be great if it gets re-written so that it can be used. I never installed it and was about to before I read your post. Thank you!

You’re right – good point! ….there has to be a way to code it though, so that it doesn’t have to run through the entire db….might have to include another table… I don’t write plugins, as I’m spending enough time writing content on my blog as it is, but it would be great if it gets re-written so that it can be used. I never installed it and was about to before I read your post. Thank you!

@lucia – As others have suggested, I think it could be down to the visits/comments my blog receives, I still think the plugin is a great idea even if I daren’t use it now!

@Brad – That is definitely the way to go, although it is a bit more embarrassing when things go wrong on a popular blog

@Sara – Yeah but I am not going to risk it now

@Ankesh – I didn’t know that about the email. Hmm, that sucks as the forum alone has probably pushed that email limit before now.

@JoLynn – My problem is identifying the new commenters (especially as people change their names ) so I am going to keep thinking how I can safely do it

@Jermayn – It can be a pain debugging these things, it is one thing drupal has going for it, the debugging tools

@JoLynn – Hmm, but it needs to identify new commenters?

@Dean – As I say above what I need is an easy way to identify new people, but I could do it with a batch process I guess so at least the query would run once a day not every comment …

@lucia – As others have suggested, I think it could be down to the visits/comments my blog receives, I still think the plugin is a great idea even if I daren’t use it now!

@Brad – That is definitely the way to go, although it is a bit more embarrassing when things go wrong on a popular blog

@Sara – Yeah but I am not going to risk it now

@Ankesh – I didn’t know that about the email. Hmm, that sucks as the forum alone has probably pushed that email limit before now.

@JoLynn – My problem is identifying the new commenters (especially as people change their names ) so I am going to keep thinking how I can safely do it

@Jermayn – It can be a pain debugging these things, it is one thing drupal has going for it, the debugging tools

@JoLynn – Hmm, but it needs to identify new commenters?

@Dean – As I say above what I need is an easy way to identify new people, but I could do it with a batch process I guess so at least the query would run once a day not every comment …

It’s not a bad plugin. I used it for a while, although nowadays I prefer to send emails to first time commentators manually. It allows me to send more of a personal thank you rather than the ‘canned’ message approach of the plugin.

For large scale blogs this approach would be too much effort but for smaller blogs like mine it has worked well.

It’s not a bad plugin. I used it for a while, although nowadays I prefer to send emails to first time commentators manually. It allows me to send more of a personal thank you rather than the ‘canned’ message approach of the plugin.

For large scale blogs this approach would be too much effort but for smaller blogs like mine it has worked well.

and yes I have had trouble with plugins before, I had a gallery plugin conflict with a javascript plugin that adds a rel attribute to save the user adding it for lightbox, took me a while to figer that out and many gray hairs…
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Depending on how many comments you get, there’s always the old fashioned personable email to your commentors, or even better, change the MySQL query and modify the plugin. Then you just have to choose if you want to spend the time doing that, or working on SEO.

Depending on how many comments you get, there’s always the old fashioned personable email to your commentors, or even better, change the MySQL query and modify the plugin. Then you just have to choose if you want to spend the time doing that, or working on SEO.

I’ve been using DreamHost since ages now but am thinking of moving to a dedicated or a VPS server. Not only because of such reasons that you faced… But also because Dreamhost has a policy of allowing only 100 outgoing emails per hour.

So if you use a Comment Relish plugin and Notify on New Comments plugin – and have quite a few domains hosted on one dreamhost account, you could have potential email troubles…

I’ve been using DreamHost since ages now but am thinking of moving to a dedicated or a VPS server. Not only because of such reasons that you faced… But also because Dreamhost has a policy of allowing only 100 outgoing emails per hour.

So if you use a Comment Relish plugin and Notify on New Comments plugin – and have quite a few domains hosted on one dreamhost account, you could have potential email troubles…