On 3/30/10 6:39 PM, Wade Preston Shearer wrote:
> I am about to launch a site for a client that is pre-populated with accounts 
> for their members. As part of the launch, I will need to run a script that 
> sends out an email to all of the members introducing them to the new site, 
> informing them that they have an account, and providing their username and a 
> randomly generated password. I am concerned about running a script that 
> cranks out 1,300 emails all at ounce. I know that that is actually a small 
> number  in the world of mass email, but I don't want to get their server 
> black listed. Do I have anything to worry about? Should I batch it up and 
> send it out in small chunks? Any suggestions?
>
>
>    

I had a similar situation recently, except with 15k emails instead. I 
sent them in three sets of about 5k email addresses, and didn't get 
blacklisted.

Before sending the emails, we did due diligence, made sure everything 
was set up properly on the servers to minimize the chance of email 
getting rejected, etc. We still had a decent chunk of them go straight 
to spam filters, but our server/IP wasn't blacklisted.

YMMV, but 5k at a time didn't seem to hurt us that much.

-- 
justin
http://justinhileman.com


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