Re: Re: Sending an e-mail to 1,000 people

On Sat, 2002-02-02 at 13:46, Lars Wilhelmsen wrote: > "Ben Clumeck" <bclumeck@home.com> wrote in message > news:NFBBJJIAAGFCPNFKMPGOMEPKCEAA.bclumeck@home.com... > > I would like to send an e-mail (the same e-mail) to 1,000 different > people. > > I want each persons name to be in the "To:" field. Is there a way to > > customize it to where it can say Dear____ (having a different persons name > > corresponding to an e-mail address) so that it looks customized. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ben > > > > What you are describing is called SPAMMING, something > we really, really dislike. There are several very good reasons to need to do this. > Answer to your question: yes, it's pretty simple, but PHP > is generally a language for web applications, I think Perl > is more suited for your needs. PHP would suffice here just fine--and we are trying to dispel the myth that PHP is a web-only language. However, in a case like this, I'd suggest checking out a proper mailing list manager such as majordomo or ezmlm. Torben > And no, I do not want to teach anyone how to send 1,000 > email to 1,000 different persons. > > Regards, > > Lars WIlhelmsen > > > > -- > 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 > -- Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> http://www.thebuttlesschaps.com http://www.hybrid17.com http://www.inflatableeye.com +1.604.709.0506