C#

Michael A. Cochran wrote:

It's been a while since I worked with scientists but I seem to recall from my university days they can be somewhat socially lacking too.

Michael A. Cochran wrote:

it’s probably best to just take the "water off a ducks back" approach

// To generate as random numbers as possible, this variable must only 
// be initialized once and then reused as much as possible.
Random rand = new Random();

/// <summary>
/// Generates a random number between 0 and 99995 that is always divisible by 5.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Returns a random integer up to 5 digits long that is evenly divisible by 5.</returns>
private int GetDivBy5()
{
   // Get a random number between 0 and 99999. 
   int divBy5 = rand.Next(0, 99999);
   // Subtract the remainder of (n/5) to make n divisible by 5.
   return divBy5 - (divBy5 % 5);
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   this.textBox1.Text = this.GetDivBy5().ToString("00000");

}

int random= (rand()%18000)*5 + 10000

int random= (new Random().Next()%18000)*5 + 10000

int randomDivisibleByFive = random.Next(2000, 19999) * 5;

markymark82 wrote:

Having looked into it a little bit, I know I can send up to 5 emails concurrently using my smtp server before they start being throttled, and that I should be recycling the connections rather than creating and dropping them each time.

markymark82 wrote:

I have observed that actually recycling the connections

markymark82 wrote:

The sort of volume it could have to handle is up to around 80k messages + more as the list grows.

markymark82 wrote:

they want to use it for higher volumes

markymark82 wrote:

Unfortunately, we are using authsmtp

for (int i = 0; i <= 3; i++)
            {
                FormPpal form = new FormPPal();
                form.Show();
            }
            Application.Run();

Form2 f2 = new Form2();
f2.Show();
Form3 f3 = new Form3();
f3.Show();

Form1 f1 = new Form1();
Application.Run(f1);

Application.Run(new Form1());
Form1 f3 = new Form1();
f3.Text = "BAD PROGRAMMING STYLE INCARNATE";
Application.Run(f3);

public static void Main() {
    Application.Run(new Form1());
    Application.Run(new Form2());
}