Re: mailing lists/bulk email sending

Derek Sivers wrote: >Query("select * from customers group by email"); > >while ($customers = $db->next_record()) > { > $subject = "Hi $customers[name]"; > $body = "$customers[name] - > You look lovely today."; > > mail ($customers[email], etc.); > > print "Emailed $customers[name]"; > flush(); > } > >Then just make a simple MySQL maintenance thing, or use phpMyAdmin to >administer your list in MySQL! You *really* don't want to mail 1000 people one at a time. That will time out (plus it's a horridly inefficient algorithm). Paul shad 96c / 4A CS / mac activist / eda / fumbler fan of / jewel / sophie b. / sarah slean / steve poltz / emm gryner / / x-files / buffy / dawson's creek / habs / bills / 49ers / t h i n k d i f f e r e n t. "It's like signing a record contract is like signing away your human rights." -- CMG