Re: sending 5000+ emails - use PHP?

Can't say that I agree. Once you get through to the SMTP port you can tell it that the following message is supposed to go to a list of people and you only connect once, vs. connecting once for each recipient. More efficient all the way around, I would think. Mind you, I haven't tried this on a large scale yet, so YMMV. - Tim > > If all the messages were identical, we might be able to get some efficiency > > by sorting the list by domain name and batching them up with SMTP > > That's a very BAD idea. If you sort the mail by domain, you will flood > the mail queue because normally, mail sent to hotmail or yahoo will need > a repeated attempts before getting through. Better leave the email > address randomized as they are.