Re: [PHP] Efficient mass mailings

2008-02-04 Thread Per Jessen
Richard Heyes wrote: >> Whether you BCC or not does not affect the actual mail-server >> traffic. A Bcc'ed address is only one that isn't listed in To: >> header. > > But it does affect how much data gets transferred to the mail server. > If you Bcc: addresses the email will only be sent over the

Re: [PHP] Efficient mass mailings

2008-02-04 Thread Per Jessen
Richard Heyes wrote: >> Whether you BCC or not does not affect the actual mail-server >> traffic. A Bcc'ed address is only one that isn't listed in To: >> header. > > But it does affect how much data gets transferred to the mail server. > If you Bcc: addresses the email will only be sent over the

Re: [PHP] Efficient mass mailings

2008-02-04 Thread Richard Heyes
Whether you BCC or not does not affect the actual mail-server traffic. A Bcc'ed address is only one that isn't listed in To: header. But it does affect how much data gets transferred to the mail server. If you Bcc: addresses the email will only be sent over the wire to the mail server once.

Re: [PHP] Efficient mass mailings

2008-02-04 Thread Per Jessen
Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > I a currently re-writing a web app from ASP to PHP and have come to > the part where the app sends mass mailings to their customer base. > This has always been problematic for them with the existing setup and > I am looking for the best approach. While I've setup mailin

Re: [PHP] Efficient mass mailings

2008-02-04 Thread Per Jessen
Richard Heyes wrote: > If you have attachments, you could use one or more cheap remote > servers and Bcc: the recipients. Or use the local mail gateway. > Bcc:ing will cut down on the amount of the amount of actual data > transferred to the mail server; you can send to say 100 recipients at > once