Yup, it's looking more and more like I really should be using something like Campaign Monitor or Mail Chimp.
On Apr 16, 10:21 am, Keri Henare <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
