RE: [PHP-WIN] mail to too many users

> > >>> "Jim Lucas [php]" <jimphp@bend.com> 01/28/02 03:47PM > > >>> >>> > > with php's mail() funciton you can send to multiple > recipents via the > > headers. just build the headers so it will BCC to > everybody at once. > > one word of caution, you can only have a header that is 5kb or > > smaller. otherwise php will start truncating the header. > Found that > > out the hard > > way. > > > > so, just build a big header and send out 300 at a time. > > > It's not like the messages will not still be placed in the > job queue, or that the > server will not have to parse each address one by one, if > they're in the Cc or > BCc header: you may as well place the addresses in the To: > field, separated by > commas for all the difference it will make. > Sending them out in lumps of 100s is likely to be more > server-friendly, though. > Can you schedule the equivalent of a Cron job on IIS? > Have you experimented with the PHP 'sleep' and 'usleep' > functions? Maybe you > can give the server time to catch its breath this way... I strongly disagree with putting all recipients in the To: field, you just dont want to give out all other peoples mail-addresses when they recieve the mail. That's why a Bcc: field exists (blind carbon copy) :) /Martin > > > > > > > I need to send an email to 19000 users using a script, any > > suggestions. > > > Looping on a result set using the mail function would kill the > > server. > > > I know it can be done using a mailing list module but I'm > running a > > > windows machine with IIS, what's the best thing for this? Thanks. > > > > > > Symeon Charalabides (cosmopolitan trainee) > ------------------------------------------ > Rm 305, IT centre, NUI Galway, Ireland. > +353-91-524411 x3180 > http://www.it.nuigalway.ie/~symeon/ -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net