[FX.php List] Approach to User initiated mass mail capability

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Alex,

Thanks.  In this case, I run the mail server so I *am* the SMTP 
host....if I understand your point correctly.  I certainly don't want 
runaway email blasts.  I'm thinking of easing in more slowly by 
allowing the user to create the jobs but I will manually execute 
them. That will be the big time savings.

Jonathan




At 7:58 AM -0500 8/17/07, Alex Gates wrote:
>Hi Jonathan -
>
>I think the cron job is a good idea - but I'd think the most likely problem
>would be with your smtp host not approving of the large numbers.
>This is the problem I have - I'd like to do the same thing with a cron
>job... but my host said we'd get blacklisted if we send too many.
>
>Alex
>
>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org [mailto:fx.php_list-
>>  bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Schwartz
>>  Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 9:33 PM
>>  To: FX.php Discussion List
>>  Subject: [FX.php List] Approach to User initiated mass mail capability
>>
>>  Hi Folks,
>>
>>  I looking to remove myself from the middle... between client's FMP
>>  data and the need send occasional mass mailings.  Up to this point, I
>>  have been the producing custom html emailings using SMTPIt.
>>
>>  I have created email campaign creation screens that allow authorized
>>  users to specify email subject and email content.  For the latter, I
>>  am using web based WYSIWYGPro that allows creation of HTML code.  I
>>  have  a test mode that sends test emails back to the sender. Finally,
>>  I allow the user to select all or a portion of the entire list.
>>
>>  The question is how to save, queue and send email jobs once they have
>>  been created.
>>
>>  At this point in the testing, I have simply sent the emails with a
>>  foreach statement that immediately sends the emails found by an
>>  fx.php query.  The script ties up the user's browser until the send
>>  is complete.
>>
>>  This might be fine for a handful of recipients, but not 100's to
>>  1000's.
>>
>>  I'm thinking of using an array saved to a flat file, and perhaps a
>>  cron job to look for queued send jobs...although I have not tried
>>  this before.
>>
>>  Does this sound right?
>>
>>  Thanks
>>
>>  Jonathan
>>
>>
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