Re: Best way to mass mail

""Ryan A"" <Ryan@Coinpass.com> wrote in message news:000301c5b7a0$e6c46c50$0300a8c0@lp1wmxd2osbwee... > Hi, > My client has a dating site and now he wants to mail all his members, > he does not want to use any of the already installed mailing lists but wants > us to make one > for him, he's on a dedicated server. > > Presently he does not have too many members, just a few thousand (around 3k > i guess), > I remember reading sometime back on the list that using the mail() may not > be the best > option...not sure if thats still true. > > The thing that bothers me the most is if the program times out..., how do I > start again from > the ones that have not been sent? phplist handles this well www.phplist.com Even if you decide not to use it, the code will probably help you out > > eg: > (10 members) > mail gets sent to first 4 members then times out > we re-click on the send button and it starts again from one...again times > out > (this happens 5 times) > > that means members 1-4 will get the same email 5 times > > Doing this the hard way would be to connect to the db after each successful > mail and "mark" > each member with todays date or something...but I would like to avoid so > many calls to the > DB if possible...esp if the site grows. > > Ideas/suggestions? > > Thanks in advance, > Ryan