RE: RE: [PHP-DB] sending bulk emails

Actually, I've been tempted to do that. Never done it, though. But I would agree with you. The sense of power would be...euphoric -----Original Message----- From: Trond Erling Hundal [mailto:webmaster@port-industry.com] Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 7:36 AM To: r.j.michell@apu.ac.uk; Rick Emery Cc: PHP DB list Subject: SV: RE: [PHP-DB] sending bulk emails I say. Help those who want to be helped. Or else, don't bother. And if they complain, format their harddrive. eh... Come on guys.. don't you remember the first time you made a spam-script/newsletter-script?? ...the feeling you felt when all those mail streamed out of the server... it IS special. Don't ruin this poor guy's experience. > -----Opprinnelig melding----- > Fra: rjm2@anglia.ac.uk [mailto:rjm2@anglia.ac.uk]Pa vegne av Russ > Michell > Sendt: 2. november 2001 14:34 > Til: Rick Emery > Kopi: PHP DB list > Emne: Re: RE: [PHP-DB] sending bulk emails > > > Hmmm this is true - but as someone once wrote on this list: > > "If someone want's to build a car with 4 reverse gears, we can > tell them it's not a very good idea, > but we can also show them how to do it." > > Granted though - spam is a little different than cars! > Cheers. > > Russ > On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 07:26:15 -0600 Rick Emery <remery@excel.com> wrote: > > > Ooooops....we've just armed a potential spammer... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Russ Michell [mailto:r.j.michell@apu.ac.uk] > > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 6:20 AM > > To: Cami > > Cc: PHP DB list > > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] sending bulk emails > > > > > > > Does anybody know how to send bulk emails using php? > > Don't do it!! > > > > But of you must - I guess you could build an array containing email > > addresses, names, etc - taken > > from form input or a database or whatever and then loop the > arrays mailing > > people... > > > > $mail = "mail("; > > for($i=0; $i<$email_array_name;$i++( { > > $mail .= "$values,"; > > } > > $mail .= "\"$subject\",\"$body\",\"From: > > $from\");"; > > > > Something like that anyway (that's just off the top of my head) > > Regards. > > > > Russ > > > > On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 11:26:22 -0000 Cami <cami@fcpl.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi guys, > > > Does anybody know how to send bulk emails using php? > > > Thanks, > > > Cami > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > #-------------------------------------------------------# > > > > "Believe nothing - consider everything" > > > > Russ Michell > > Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam > > Room 1C 'The Eastings' East Road, Cambridge > > > > e: r.j.michell@apu.ac.uk > > w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam > > > > www.theruss.com > > > > #-------------------------------------------------------# > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > #-------------------------------------------------------# > > "Believe nothing - consider everything" > > Russ Michell > Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam > Room 1C 'The Eastings' East Road, Cambridge > > e: r.j.michell@apu.ac.uk > w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam > > www.theruss.com > > #-------------------------------------------------------# > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >