We use mailchimp.com and it's pretty good. The servers are located overseas on their faster than NZ speeds, and we haven't had more spam issues than normal.
Our volumes vary, but we have had mails of about 8000-10000 at one time. They also pretty much give automatic non-profit discount if that is applicable! :-) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Khan Sent: 16 April 2009 11:32 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: [phpug] Re: Sending Bulk Email Options 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
