Which brings us back to Campaign Monitor ;) --------------------------------------------------- Keri Henare
[e] [email protected] [m] 021 874 552 [w] www.kerihenare.com On 16/04/2009, at 10:20 AM, Super Steve wrote: > > You mean sitehost.co.nz? > > I've just had a look at their terms and they have a clause that says: > > "You are responsible for ensuring that your use of the Service does > not consume excessive system or network resources that disrupts the > normal use of the Service through, but not limited to, spawning > multiple processes, consuming excessive amounts of memory, CPU or > bandwidth usage." > > This is pretty much the same sort of clause that my current hosting > company has and which they pointed to when I tried to send 25,000 > emails out. > > > On Apr 15, 7:47 pm, Keri Henare <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Go to SiteHost. Get a VPS just as good for about $30/month. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Keri Henare >> >> [e] [email protected] >> [m] 021 874 552 >> [w] www.kerihenare.com >> >> On 15/04/2009, at 7:43 PM, Jochen Daum wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> I didn't check their website. This is what I received: >> >>> "Just letting you know we have launched a new “Micro” Virtual >>> Server. >>> This gives you a server hosting environment, with managed backups >>> and >>> 99.99% uptime for less than $100 per month. >> >>> Perfect for those project sites that need a server, but don’t have a >>> server budget! >> >>> Micro VS >> >>> 1.5Ghz >> >>> 256MB RAM >> >>> 5GB SAN >> >>> Your choice of Linux distro >> >>> $89 +GST /month >> >>> More info on Virtual Servers: >> >>> http://servers.webdrive.co.nz/virtualservers.php >> >>> If you have any questions or would like to order a server please >>> give >>> me a call on 09 477 2653. >> >>> Best Regards, >>> Robin Dickie >> >>> Web Drive Limited" >> >>> Kind Regards, >> >>> Jochen Daum >> >>> Chief Automation Officer >>> Automatem Ltd >> >>> Phone: 09 630 3425 >>> Mobile: 021 567 853 >>> Email: [email protected] >>> Skype: jochendaum >>> Website:www.automatem.co.nz >> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Aaron Cooper <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:09 PM >>> Subject: [phpug] Re: Sending Bulk Email Options >>> To: [email protected] >> >>>> Example from a marketing email I got from Webdrive today: Virtual >>>> server $89 per month, Auth smtp install: $100 one off (my own >>>> experience with them). >> >>> I'd be interested to know where to find that deal. The cheapest I >>> see on >>> their site starts at $180 per month. >> >>> Aaron >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jochen Daum" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:48 PM >>> Subject: [phpug] Re: Sending Bulk Email Options >> >>> Hi Steve, >> >>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Super Steve <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >> >>>> I've got a client with a 25,000 record database of contacts that >>>> they >>>> want to send emails to on a regular basis. All legit (i.e. not >>>> spam) >>>> and opted in and we offer an opt-out link on all messages. >> >>>> I've got a small contacts system that I wrote that handles all the >>>> maintaining of contacts and sending of emails, but so far I've only >>>> used it for clients that have a few thousand contacts. >> >>>> I loaded the 25,000 contacts into the database and sent out the >>>> first >>>> email, but the company that hosts the site rang me to complain >>>> about >>>> the size of the mailout and that it had slowed down their mail >>>> server. Even though I had tried to ease the load on the servers by >>>> sending 100 emails at a time and then pausing for a minute before >>>> sending the next 100, the large number of emails (and bounce backs >>>> from bad addresses) had caused them some problems. >> >>>> The hosting company suggested that if I want to send such large >>>> numbers of emails that I should get my own mail server or use a >>>> third- >>>> party. Fair enough, they are afterall a web hosting company and not >>>> an email provider. >> >>>> So now I'm looking at other options. I've found the likes of >>>> mailchimp.com and campaignmonitor.com, and while they appear to be >>>> cheap at 1 cent per email they start to get a bit expensive when >>>> you're talking about 25,000 emails (and remember that pricing is in >>>> US >>>> $). >> >>>> What's involved in running my own mail server? I'm a small time >>>> developer that works from home and I only have a humble Vodafone >>>> broadband connection. I assume that running my own mail server >>>> would >>>> obviously use my own data allowance, and may indeed be against my >>>> ISP's terms and conditions. >> >>>> Are there any other options open to me? I could afford maybe $100 >>>> per >>>> mailing of 25,000. >> >>> Just get a VPOS or virtual server set up and authenticated SMTP >>> setup on it. >> >>> Example from a marketing email I got from Webdrive today: Virtual >>> server $89 per month, Auth smtp install: $100 one off (my own >>> experience with them). >> >>> HTH, Jochen >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Keri Henare >> >> [e] [email protected] >> [m] 021 874 552 >> [w] www.kerihenare.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
