Eric, Please don't email me off-list, unless you're looking to pay me for my services.
1. I generally dedicate a certain amount of my time per day to the list 2. If we discuss things off-list, then no one else benefits from the discussion. on 04/09/02 5:26 AM, Eric J Schwinder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I noticed that you had started a thread regarding bulk e-mail using > PHP. I am currently trying to setup a system to extract e-mail > addresses from a mySQL membership database and send messages to the > whole list, and was wondering how you're coming along with your > setup... > > I saw a lot of good ideas out there... what method did you end up > going with, and how is it working? I am certain I've said this on the list a few times, but here goes again. There is always going to be an inherit problem with trying to send multiple emails via a web interface IF you want to personalise each one. The reason for this is that each email has to be generated and qued individually on the mail server, which eats up server performance dramatically. Depending on your server, you will hit a snag somewhere (at 10 people, or 100 people or 500 people, or 10000 people), because either the server or browser will timeout, or the sysadmin of your host will shut you down for eating up server processing time. The solution is to NOT send personalised emails. Send ONE email with everyone in the Bcc: field, and it should take maybe 3 seconds to que the email to 50,000+ people. Another solution is to move your mailing list to a dedicated ml service provider (like sparklist), who will send a minimum of 50,000 emails anywhere you like, personalised, in HTML and plain text, blah blah blah for the minimum of US$50/month. Currently I have one client who demands personalised emails. Luckily, it's a small list (200 people), and I break the send-out down to batches of 20 emails, split apart by 2 minutes (this could be done manually, or with META refresh tags, or even javascript). Regards, Justin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
