On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 07:41:39AM +1000,
Michael Waples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a client that needs various mailing lists and needs to send
> around 100,000 messages a day - he needs to handle bounces and
> subscriptions automatically-
>
> ezmlm-idx seems perfect but for one thing -
> he needs each meesage personalized -to say hi fred - hi barney etc etc
> and even personalized in the message body
>
> Id rather him use ezmlm but they insist on this feature -
>
> Theres no problem doing the sending and generation of messages with php
> and using postgresql or mysql to store all the data - but I'm worried
> that trying to send out 100,00 or more messages that way will be bad for
> server performance -
>
> I have no experience in mass email and was wondering if anyone could
> suggest the right way to go ?
There is a patch for qmail that should be available from the ezmlm page
that allows customization of headers to be done efficiently. This could
probably be modified without a whole lot of trouble to do what you
want.
As for the goal of the project, fake personaliztion is going to get old
fast. This makes me think of the headhunters and telemarketers that ask
me how things are going before giving their pitch. It just wastes even
more of my time and they obviously don't really care about how may day
has been going.
