Re: Using mail() for mailist list app

I've got a newsletter that's now reached 5000 and continues to grow. I use PHP's mail() function, personalized with unsubscribe info and first names and it works just fine. I just set the timeout to 5 minutes, but it's never yet even taken 1 minute to complete. Works fine. Mike "Monty" <monty3@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:BA38DA09.16F98%monty3@hotmail.com... > Happy New Year everyone! > > Is the PHP mail() command robust enough to use in a little mailing list app? > The app will basically send an HTML or Text e-mail to the member database of > about 6,000 people. I'm using RedHat Linux 7.2 with PHP 4.2.2, by the way. > I'm concerned I'll bog down my server if I issue the mail() command 6,000 > times on our server, but, maybe it won't be a problem? > > Also, although I'm sending HTML e-mail, I'm not including attachments or > inline graphics (only direct hotlinks to graphics on a web server). Will > mail() still work okay for this, or do I need to use one of the various PHP > e-mail classes available to send HTML e-mail? > > Any recommendations for online tutorials about building a mailing list > manager using PHP would be much appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Monty > > > >