Re: SMTP vs mail()

On Jan 11, 2008 1:22 PM, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote: > Eric Butera schreef: > > On Jan 11, 2008 11:33 AM, Stut <stuttle@gmail.com> wrote: > >> No brainer, SMTP will almost certainly be faster. My mailing list system > >> (written in PHP obviously) can dump 600k customised emails to the local > >> SMTP server in a couple of hours. Doing the same with the mail command > >> took over 24 hours. How much slower will depend a lot on how you have > >> configured sendmail, but it's never going to be faster than a socket > >> connection to the local SMTP server. > > > > Also don't forget the part where you shouldn't disconnect and > > reconnect between mails sent. > > indeed but I have experienced situations where the SMTP server refuses > more than X number of messages on any one connection ... which meant > having to get the script to disconnect/reconnect every 200 (iirc) odd > emails sent. > > > > > > I used to use htmlMimeMail, but now I use Zend_Mail as it has a better > > API and is also faster in regards to the quoted printable encoding. > > > > Weird! I've never heard of that but I really don't doubt it. Working with e-mail is the least favorite part of my work.