SENDING_STATS

1. If needed, update (and commit/push) mailTemplates/adminEmail-monthly.erb and authorEmail-monthly.erb

2. tools/massEmail.rb stats-admins recent-hits mailTemplates/adminEmail-monthly.erb preview >> mailLogs/`date +"%Y%m%d"`_admin_pvw_out.log 2> >(tee -a mailLogs/`date +"%Y%m%d"`_admin_pvw_err.log >&2)

3. Quick check:
   less mailLogs/`date +"%Y%m%d"`_admin_pvw_out.log

4. tools/massEmail.rb authors recent-hits mailTemplates/authorEmail-monthly.erb preview >> mailLogs/`date +"%Y%m%d"`_author_pvw_out.log 2> >(tee -a mailLogs/`date +"%Y%m%d"`_author_pvw_err.log >&2)
   ...this takes a minute or so

5. Quick check:
  less mailLogs/`date +"%Y%m%d"`_author_pvw_out.log
  ** CHECK at least ONE unsubscribe link to be sure it's valid (but don't unsubscribe) **

6. (tools/massEmail.rb stats-admins recent-hits mailTemplates/adminEmail-monthly.erb go4it >> mailLogs/`date +"%Y%m%d"`_admin_go4it.log 2>&1 & )

7. tail -f mailLogs/`date +"%Y%m%d"`_admin_go4it.log
  ...this takes about 10 minutes

8. (tools/massEmail.rb authors recent-hits mailTemplates/authorEmail-monthly.erb go4it >> mailLogs/`date +"%Y%m%d"`_author_go4it.log 2>&1 & )

9. tail -f mailLogs/`date +"%Y%m%d"`_author_go4it.log
  ...this takes 5-6 hours

10. After several hours for bounces to roll in, you can run a bounce test to see how many permanent bounces and complaints occurred:
    tools/massEmail.rb authors recent-hits mailTemplates/authorEmail-monthly.erb bounceTest |& tee mailLogs/`date +"%Y%m%d"`_bounceTest.log