Mail() question

Hi everyone, I am trying to create a new newsletter software as the ones i found on hotscripts were just not good enough or mucho $$ which i dont have :-( Have finished the basics but need some advise now. I am using a mysql database instead of text files. I have a table with the fields "name" and "email", my questions are, 1:is it better to use a for loop and then send each mail? 2:should i first put all the names and addresses into an array? 3:Is it better to send each mail independantly or use BCC? (one mail blast....., will it work?) Please note that i I intend to add a kind of word merge functionality later on. eg: Dear <::name::>, thank you for subscribing your email address: <::email::> etc etc Am expecting the list to grow to around 5000 or more. When replying if possible please give program examples or links as am not very familier with this. Thanks in advance, -Ryan We will slaughter you all! - The Iraqi (Dis)information ministers site http://MrSahaf.com