Re: Volume email handling: I got the email blues

Hello, "Richard Creech - Dreamriver.Com" wrote: > > Hello All, > I want to grab several thousand email addresses from my subscriber list and email them. I wrote > a script to do this. The addresses come from an online database. I have completely rewritten the > script once, but still it gives me email blues. The script in general is very sluggish and > frequently chokes after a few thousand sends. > > Once I was told that my methodology is inefficient for larger volumes. Looping through a > database set and sending email for each record was not as efficient as using some dedicated third > party application designed to do just this. Ok, I'm ready for such suggestions now. > > So, what is the best approach for this problem, and can you provide download urls for a decent > solution. I want to marry the code with a new software program I'm writing. This topic was already replied just 2 days ago. Regards, Manuel Lemos > Subject: > Re: Mass Mailing > Date: > Mon, 03 Dec 2001 22:32:04 -0200 > From: > mlemos@acm.org (Manuel Lemos) > To: > php-general@lists.php.net, php-db@lists.php.net > Newsgroups: > php.db, php.general > References: > 1 > > > > > Hello, > > Nathan Cavicchi wrote: > > > > I started writing a set of scripts that would send out mutiple emails to a > > list of customers. I then realized that most likely this program, and/or > > snipits had most likely already been written. If so, can some one point me > > in the right direction and save me 3 or 4 days? > > Forget PHP. Use a dedicated mailing list or e-mail server. If you are > using Unix, I recommend strongly qmail/ezmlm. It is very good for > handling bounces. I use it to distribute PHP Classes site notification > messages. It is very fast and pratical. You may want to try this PHP Web > interface for managing ezmlm mailing lists. It even comes with a SOAP > interface for managing subscriptions programmatically eventually from a > remote machine. > > http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/browse.html/package/177 > > Regards, > Manuel Lemos