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Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 22:07:34 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PHP] Mass Mailing with PHP & MySQL
To: Justin French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Is Peter McNulty out there anywhere?
Don't have a lot of experience with mailing scripts, but I use the one found at
codingclick.com
Anyone else?
RW
Quoting Justin French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
### A while() loop will, at some point, break. this is because the script
### will
### timeout on the server before you send to any large lists... when I say
### large, this could be 100 address', or could be 10,000 -- it all depends
### on
### your server/ISP and server load at certain times.
###
### A better/simpler solution would be to build a Bcc header field using the
### while loop, then only send ONE email to 1000's of email address' via the
### Bcc
### field, just like you would from Outlook.
###
### BUT, your host may impose restrictions on how many emails you can send in
### one Bcc... my host has a limit of 100.
###
### So, I tend to send a few emails of 50-ish people per email to my list,
### balancing the two above issues.
###
###
### There are also some simple/complex classes on phpclasses.org (esp the one
### by
### manuel lemmos) which can overcome both these problems, with various
### methods.
###
### I haven't used them yet, basically because I don't see the need yet,
### given
### my small lists.
###
###
### Justin
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### on 20/01/03 3:21 PM, Tim Thorburn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
###
### > Hi,
### >
### > I'm working on a mailing solution for a client. His site collects
### email
### > address from a 'Send this site to a friend' page (user enters their
### email
### > address and up to 10 other addresses - a message is then sent to the 10
### > addresses from the users own email address). The addresses are then
### stored
### > in a MySQL database - a column for the users email address, and then a
### > column each for the additional 10 addresses.
### >
### > Now the client would like to have the ability to send an email to all
### > addresses collected at once - to inform the addresses of a sale, etc.
### I'm
### > guessing for this to be done, I'd have to select all the DISTINCT email
### > addresses from the 11 columns (users email, and the 10 addresses), then
### use
### > a loop to send the mail out.
### >
### > I had planned on using PHP's mail() function - does anyone know of any
### > limitations imposed by this method? Normally, I'd contact the ISP and
### ask
### > them directly, however it's been several weeks since they've answered
### the
### > phones.
### >
### > Does anyone have any other/better options that I should pursue? This
### will
### > be my first mass mailing typed job so I'm not really sure where to begin
### or
### > if I'm on the right path at all.
### >
### > Thanks
### > -Tim
### >
### >
###
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