Re: [PHP] creating a mailing list

2004-04-30 Thread -{ Rene Brehmer }-
Documented research indicates that on Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:49:41 +0530, Vinod
Panicker wrote about "Re: [PHP] creating a mailing list":

>Chris,
>Mass mailing is ideally done using mailing lists - in this case i
>assume that you would want to frequently send updates to the ppl who
>have signed up.
>
>majordomo/listserv etc can be used to implement mailing lists...

Or Mercury Mail server if you're on Windows (it's free and based upon
Listerv, Majordomo/Listserv definitely is not free)...


Rene

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RE: [PHP] creating a mailing list

2004-04-29 Thread Chris W. Parker
chris o'shea 
on Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:44 AM said:

> Does anybody know the best way of doing a mass mail through php?

i recall a solution being to write a properly formatted email and dump
it into server's outgoing queue allowing the MTA (sendmail, exim,
postfix*) to distribute the emails as it sees fit.


hth,
chris.

* i think these are all MTA's.

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