Re: [PHP] mail() usage in for loops

2003-08-14 Thread Dasmeet
Hi! Mohanaraj, If you have still not decided about what you are going to use, you can check the several mailing list managers at http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Mailing_List_Managers/index.html (this will help you get more confused ;) ). Also there seems to be a good script.. M

Re: [PHP] mail() usage in for loops

2003-08-14 Thread Michael Geier
1. many providers will not accept email messages with horrendous amounts of BCC: entries (very spam indicative) 2. do not use mail() to do this 3. there are many excellent PHP mail classes (PHPClasses has a few and PHPMailer is an excellent alternative as well) 4. IM(H)O, if you are going to

Re: [PHP] mail() usage in for loops

2003-08-14 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Mohanaraj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Dear all, > > I have read that using mail() in a for loop to send a lot of emails ( > around 1k-10k ) emails is not advised due to the fact that it can be > resource intensive hence or the script might take so much time that it > ti,es out. However wha

Re: [PHP] mail() usage in for loops

2003-08-14 Thread Mohanaraj
Michael Geier wrote: 1. many providers will not accept email messages with horrendous amounts of BCC: entries (very spam indicative) Say we limit the BCC list to a hundred email addresesses. And use cron jobs to send the emails out every hour -- would that be ok? What would you consider exces

[PHP] mail() usage in for loops

2003-08-14 Thread Mohanaraj
Dear all, I have read that using mail() in a for loop to send a lot of emails ( around 1k-10k ) emails is not advised due to the fact that it can be resource intensive hence or the script might take so much time that it ti,es out. However what if i append all the emails into the Bcc: header as fol

Re: [PHP] mail() usage in for loops

2003-08-14 Thread Joel Rees
> When you say batches of 500 , would that mean you put pauses between > each batch ? Or do you prepare each email as a file and then send them > out in batches of 500? Whats the time space between each batch? Assuming > I was stuck with sendmail, what would you recommend ? Well, I don't know

Re: [PHP] mail() usage in for loops

2003-08-14 Thread John W. Holmes
Mohanaraj wrote: What would be the best way to handle this ? Go get a program that's made to send out emails like this. Odds are it'll be faster and less of a strain on your server. PHP is great, but there are other solutions out there. My $0.02, of course. :) -- ---John Holmes... Amazon Wishl

Re: [PHP] mail() usage in for loops

2003-08-11 Thread Mohanaraj
Michael Geier wrote: See answer above. With Qmail and homegrown software, I have several servers sending upwards of 13K emails per minute. All of these are HTML emails with: Custom headers, Custom unsubscribes. I create my email list and break it into files of 500, then loop through those fil

Re: [PHP] mail() usage in for loops

2003-08-10 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote John W. Holmes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Mohanaraj wrote: > > >What would be the best way to handle this ? > > Go get a program that's made to send out emails like this. Odds are > it'll be faster and less of a strain on your server. PHP is great, but > there are other solutions out t