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Thread doesnt do anything

I have a Sub called SendMessages() that is supposed to do some database work and send an email message in my web app.

Now if I call it directly, it does what it should. I've now been trying to place this Sub into a thread of its own..

i.e

Dim sendMessageThread as New Thread(AddressOf SendMessages)
sendMessageThread.Start()

But the page ends up doing nothing...

Any ideas?Is your SendMessages sub within the same class or in another class?
Have you stepped through your code to see if the thread is entering the sub?
It is in the same class. I'm not using VS.NET so I can't do any stepping...

The thread is being called from Page_Load()
Post the code.
As far as it seems, the Sub ReceiveMessages is not being called at all!!!
Here is my code

Sub Page_Load()
Dim NewThread As Thread = New Thread(AddressOf ReceiveMessages)

NewThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Lowest
NewThread.Start()
End Sub

Public Sub ReceiveMessages()
' Code here to connect to pop3 server and loop through messages
End Sub

Thread timeouts

Hi,
I have web based email management system where a user can login, create an
email and then send it to multiple recipients.
The email component I use generates all of the physical .eml files when they
click send. When a user is sending to 120, 000 recipients at once the page
times out.
I was thinking of using a separate worker thread for creating the email
messages (I dont have to worry about sending because the files get put into
a pickup directory that gets read by an SMTP component). My main concern
is - would the thread timeout at all, when trying to generate so many files?
Thanks in advance
GrahamHi Graham:
Threads do not time out, so I wouldn't have this concern.
Applications can timeout, however. I can configure an application pool in
Win2003 to shut down an app after x minutes of inactivity. A background thre
ad
isn't considered activity though - only incoming requests are. Something
to look for in your config.
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com/blogs/scott/

> Hi,
> I have web based email management system where a user can login,
> create an
> email and then send it to multiple recipients.
> The email component I use generates all of the physical .eml files
> when they
> click send. When a user is sending to 120, 000 recipients at once the
> page
> times out.
> I was thinking of using a separate worker thread for creating the
> email
> messages (I dont have to worry about sending because the files get put
> into
> a pickup directory that gets read by an SMTP component). My main
> concern
> is - would the thread timeout at all, when trying to generate so many
> files?
> Thanks in advance
> Graham

Thread timeouts

Hi,
I have web based email management system where a user can login, create an
email and then send it to multiple recipients.
The email component I use generates all of the physical .eml files when they
click send. When a user is sending to 120, 000 recipients at once the page
times out.
I was thinking of using a separate worker thread for creating the email
messages (I dont have to worry about sending because the files get put into
a pickup directory that gets read by an SMTP component). My main concern
is - would the thread timeout at all, when trying to generate so many files?

Thanks in advance
GrahamHi Graham:

Threads do not time out, so I wouldn't have this concern.

Applications can timeout, however. I can configure an application pool in
Win2003 to shut down an app after x minutes of inactivity. A background thread
isn't considered activity though - only incoming requests are. Something
to look for in your config.

--
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com/blogs/scott/

> Hi,
> I have web based email management system where a user can login,
> create an
> email and then send it to multiple recipients.
> The email component I use generates all of the physical .eml files
> when they
> click send. When a user is sending to 120, 000 recipients at once the
> page
> times out.
> I was thinking of using a separate worker thread for creating the
> email
> messages (I dont have to worry about sending because the files get put
> into
> a pickup directory that gets read by an SMTP component). My main
> concern
> is - would the thread timeout at all, when trying to generate so many
> files?
> Thanks in advance
> Graham