I was using smtp.com through one of their partner services interspire.smtp.com They didn't have any obvious daily relay limit, but there is a monthly one. Also looking at their site now, looks like there's a 15% bounce threshold before they consider temporarily blacklisting you.
They have plans there for 50000 relays/month for USD $47.50 https://interspire1.smtp.com/signup.html Cheers, -Dan On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Super Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
