Re: VS: Emailing a DataBase

> Hey! I`m using the mail command to send out short newsletters to over 400 > subsrcibers each day. > Problem is that the page times out, waiting for all the mails to be sent. Is > there someway I can avvoid this?? I used a different approach for a similar task: I have generated a sendmail alias that points to an externale filename, ie, in "aliases" file: mailinglist::include:/path/to/a/conveniently/hidden/file Then the php page a) executes the query that gives the e-mail address b) save those address on /path/to/a/conveniently/hidden/file c) executes a SINGLE command mail('mailinglist@localhost',...) This way the execution time fro the php page is negligible, and all the dirty work is left to sendmail. I'm sure this setup is usable with many others MTAs. Of course this has the side effect that the "mailinglist" alias can also be used for sending traditional mails. This could be seen has a benefit, or as a untollerable spam risk... In the second case, you could do something to hide the "real" mailing list address when you build the message envelope, or inhibit the acceptance of messages from other sources than the website using sendmail's rules. And of course - but I assume that on each and every mail server administrated properly this is already done - block finger, EXPN & VRFY functions, and the like ;-) HTH! Best regards... /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Fabrizio Ermini Alternate E-mail: C.so Umberto, 7 faermini@tin.it loc. Meleto Valdarno Mail on GSM: (keep it short!) 52020 Cavriglia (AR) faermini@sms.tin.it