Hello, "Richard Creech - Dreamriver.Com" wrote: > > Hello All, > I want to grab several thousand email addresses from my subscriber list and email >them. I wrote a script to do this. The addresses come from an online database. I have >completely rewritten the script once, but still it gives me email blues. The script >in general is very sluggish and frequently chokes after a few thousand sends. > > Once I was told that my methodology is inefficient for larger volumes. Looping >through a database set and sending email for each record was not as efficient as >using some dedicated third party application designed to do just this. Ok, I'm ready >for such suggestions now. > > So, what is the best approach for this problem, and can you provide download urls >for a decent solution. I want to marry the code with a new software program I'm >writing.
This topic was already replied just 2 days ago. Regards, Manuel Lemos > Subject: > Re: Mass Mailing > Date: > Mon, 03 Dec 2001 22:32:04 -0200 > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Manuel Lemos) > To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Newsgroups: > php.db, php.general > References: > 1 > > > > > Hello, > > Nathan Cavicchi wrote: > > > > I started writing a set of scripts that would send out mutiple emails to a > > list of customers. I then realized that most likely this program, and/or > > snipits had most likely already been written. If so, can some one point me > > in the right direction and save me 3 or 4 days? > > Forget PHP. Use a dedicated mailing list or e-mail server. If you are > using Unix, I recommend strongly qmail/ezmlm. It is very good for > handling bounces. I use it to distribute PHP Classes site notification > messages. It is very fast and pratical. You may want to try this PHP Web > interface for managing ezmlm mailing lists. It even comes with a SOAP > interface for managing subscriptions programmatically eventually from a > remote machine. > > http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/browse.html/package/177 > > Regards, > Manuel Lemos -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
