Comments on: SendStudio http://www.nealharmon.net/archives/2004/12/31/sendstudio/ Publishing, Education and Entreprenuership Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:00:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tom http://www.nealharmon.net/archives/2004/12/31/sendstudio/comment-page-1/#comment-36777 tom Thu, 15 May 2008 16:15:18 +0000 http://nealharmon.net/?p=109#comment-36777 we recently switched to sendstudio nx, and i'm astounded at how badly coded it is. it overrides whatever php settings it chooses without making sure it won't negatively affect the system - for example by setting the memory limit to 16Mb. On our site, we allocate much more than 16Mb to php, so sendstudio brings our server down every time we upgrade. However, we won't be upgrading again because sendstudio sets itself as the default error handler and logs *all* php and sql errors. This caused our database to grow to over 122GB (yes, gigabytes), and nearly bring our whole server down (mainly because of the almost 12 million records logged due to a 'divide by zero' in their code). The software also opens potential security vulnerabilities by setting display_errors to true, again, with little respect for how the administrators have configured php. In short, this software will do whatever it chooses to your system, and may bring down your entire site (by reducing the memory limit if you've set it to more than 16Mb), your entire server (when the db error log table overflows), and possibly provide attack vectors to hackers (via displaying errors). I would *not* recommend this software. I have notified sendstudio about some of these issues, but their failure to provide any reassurance, or even apparently to understand the issues is distressing to say the least, so i don't expect the situation to change any time soon. we recently switched to sendstudio nx, and i’m astounded at how badly coded it is. it overrides whatever php settings it chooses without making sure it won’t negatively affect the system – for example by setting the memory limit to 16Mb. On our site, we allocate much more than 16Mb to php, so sendstudio brings our server down every time we upgrade.

However, we won’t be upgrading again because sendstudio sets itself as the default error handler and logs *all* php and sql errors. This caused our database to grow to over 122GB (yes, gigabytes), and nearly bring our whole server down (mainly because of the almost 12 million records logged due to a ‘divide by zero’ in their code).

The software also opens potential security vulnerabilities by setting display_errors to true, again, with little respect for how the administrators have configured php.

In short, this software will do whatever it chooses to your system, and may bring down your entire site (by reducing the memory limit if you’ve set it to more than 16Mb), your entire server (when the db error log table overflows), and possibly provide attack vectors to hackers (via displaying errors).

I would *not* recommend this software.

I have notified sendstudio about some of these issues, but their failure to provide any reassurance, or even apparently to understand the issues is distressing to say the least, so i don’t expect the situation to change any time soon.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.nealharmon.net/archives/2004/12/31/sendstudio/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Bruce Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:54:48 +0000 http://nealharmon.net/?p=109#comment-33 I just put up a review of sendstudio at: www.autoresponder-reviews.com I just put up a review of sendstudio at: http://www.autoresponder-reviews.com

]]> By: Bruce http://www.nealharmon.net/archives/2004/12/31/sendstudio/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Bruce Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:54:07 +0000 http://nealharmon.net/?p=109#comment-32 I just put up a review of Sendstudio 2004 on my website at: www.autoresponder-reviews.com You are right it is excellent software ;) I just put up a review of Sendstudio 2004 on my website at: http://www.autoresponder-reviews.com

You are right it is excellent software ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nealharmon.net/archives/2004/12/31/sendstudio/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Anonymous Mon, 03 Jan 2005 03:08:47 +0000 http://nealharmon.net/?p=109#comment-31 Recently I've been using phplist (www.phplist.com) for mailinglist stuff 've been doing. it's super powerful, has tons of features, is easy to use, and best of all...it's free! Recently I’ve been using phplist (www.phplist.com) for mailinglist stuff ‘ve been doing. it’s super powerful, has tons of features, is easy to use, and best of all…it’s free!

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