Question

I have created a message Queue here which is basically on a single thread and sending email one after another from the database. First I thought that since it is a continuous process, it has to be on windows service and it sounded like an ideal solution but not that I talked to my manager, he said that it would be better if it is in the same repository as the entire project and if I put in a while(true) statement. that way while deploying to the production, we do not need to worry about installing any windows service or anything. But what I think here is that if we do it that way then there would be a lot of unwanted pressure on the web server.

I am not sure which way to go. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I would definitely suggest a windows service for processing the email queue in the background. Here are some points you can suggest to your manager:

1. The service could be kept in the same repository as another project.
2. Installing and upgrading services is very easy. Use installutil and add a batch file to your project for installing/uninstalling. Upgrading is a matter of stopping the service, updating the service .exe, and starting the service again.
3. All of this could technically be automated as well as part of your deployment process.