Re: Tiny mass mail (Kinda 0T)

From:	John Nichel	Date:	Tue, 02 May 2006 20:45:34 +0000
Subject:	Re: Tiny mass mail (Kinda 0T)
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Richard Lynch wrote:

On Tue, May 2, 2006 6:16 am, Ryan A wrote:
The problem is the host is limiting the amount of emails that can go from the site per minute, and we need to email all the members (a modest 700 or so) a newsletter/update...any suggestions on how to do that?
The main problem with using mail() for mass emails is that every call to mail() fires up sendmail, and you can easily swamp your machine. <snip>

Okay, this is not what I understand of mail() if the path to sendmail (or sendmail wrapper) is given (vs a smtp server). I might be wrong, and I hope I'm not, but if the path is set, doesn't it just inject the message into the queue? -- John C. Nichel IV Programmer/System Admin (ÜberGeek) Dot Com Holdings of Buffalo 716.856.9675 jnichel@dotcomholdingsofbuffalo.com