Re: SV: [PHP] Sending alots of mail

I have a system where we send periodic batches of 60,000 messages at a time, so it's definitely doable. It helps to put some throttling in there (i.e. a sleep() periodically) to be kind to your e-mail server. - Tim On 16 Aug 2001 18:34:11 +0200, Jimmy Bäckström wrote: > Hmm I knew that =) > I just wondered if it's such a good idea. 5000 mail is very much you know.. > > /Jimmy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tyler Longren <tyler@captainjack.com> > To: Jimmy Bäckström <broder_b@chello.se> > Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:25 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Sending alots of mail > > > > This was just discussed last week. Here's how: > > $connection = mysql_connect("host","user","pass"); > > $db = mysql_select_db("db_name", $connection); > > $sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY email ASC"); > > while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) { > > $email = $row["email"]; > > $name = $row["name"]; > > // code to send email (use the mail() function) > > } > > > > Good luck, > > Tyler Longren > > Captain Jack Communications > > tyler@captainjack.com > > www.captainjack.com > > > > > > > > On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:29:04 +0200 > > Jimmy Bäckström <broder_b@chello.se> wrote: > > > > > Hi list! > > > I'm about to write an application that takes about 5000 mailadresses > > > from a database, and then sends a mail to each one of them. I haven't > > > done this kind of apps before, so I don't know if it's a good idea. Does > > > anyone have any suggestions? > > > > > > /Jimmy > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > -- > 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 >