Re: mailing lists/bulk email sending

From: Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 15:07:45 +0000
Subject: Re: mailing lists/bulk email sending
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How about this one? https://www.zend.com/codex.php?id=347&single=1 Paul Schreiber wrote: > 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 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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