Cron Job Timing

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Setting up cron jobs:

I don’t plan to run campaigns; I will use gmail accounts to send emails as segment emails queued broadcasts. Do I need the campaign: crons to function properly if I am not running a campaign?

Plan to install these:

/app/console mautic:emails:send
/app/console mautic:broadcast:send
/app/console mautic:segments:update

/app/console mautic:campaigns:trigger
/app/console mautic:campaigns:rebuild

Timing of cron jobs:

I have seen recommendations to run these jobs at 5 minute intervals. I hope to email 20K individual emails per week, all during business hours. Do I need these jobs to run every 5 minutes? Will 1 hour suffice?

Thank you.

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If you want to send out blasts of 20k, you will need to have only

mautic:broadcasts:send

and

mautic:emails:send

In order to determine how often you shouln run them, here is a video:

I usually set crons for every min, with a running limitation of 200 emails. This is usually how many emails Mautic is sending / min on a standard server.

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Thank you for that answer @joeyk.

I previously watched your referenced video; it was very helpful.

Re:

/app/console mautic:emails:send
/app/console mautic:broadcast:send

Can they be set to run once per hour and maintain full function?

Thanks again.