Re: sendmail question

Addressed to: "Ahmed" <ahmed@mazika.com> php-general@lists.php.net ** Reply to note from "Ahmed" <ahmed@mazika.com> Fri, 24 Nov 2000 13:33:53 +0200 > > Hi all, I still have this question, how to make php script sends an email > to a list of people in a database in the background ? in other words how > to send an email to 50,000 email address without getting the script to > timeout ? Unless you need to customize the message for each recipient, your best bet is to use a real mailing list program like majordomo, or qmail + ezmlm. If you must use php, the next best thing would be to compile the CGI version of PHP, and run it from the command line, or cron. Rick Widmer Internet Marketing Specialists http://www.developersdesk.com