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

[DC]

alex. it sounds like it's time to get a new host.

cablevision (optimum online) did that to us (cap of 50 names per email 
and i think 200 total per hour) and we went for verizon FIOS service. 
there are no restrictions we've seen with them.

dan


Alex Gates had written:
> 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
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Schwartz
>> Exit 445 Group
>> jonathan at exit445.com
>> http://www.exit445.com
>> 415-381-1852
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