I have a system where we send periodic batches of 60,000 messages at a
time, so it's definitely doable. It helps to put some throttling in
there (i.e. a sleep() periodically) to be kind to your e-mail server.
- Tim
On 16 Aug 2001 18:34:11 +0200, Jimmy Bäckström wrote:
> Hmm I knew that =)
> I just wondered if it's such a good idea. 5000 mail is very much you know.
>
> /Jimmy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tyler Longren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Jimmy Bäckström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Sending alots of mail
>
>
> > This was just discussed last week. Here's how:
> > $connection = mysql_connect("host","user","pass");
> > $db = mysql_select_db("db_name", $connection);
> > $sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY email ASC");
> > while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) {
> > $email = $row["email"];
> > $name = $row["name"];
> > // code to send email (use the mail() function)
> > }
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Tyler Longren
> > Captain Jack Communications
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > www.captainjack.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:29:04 +0200
> > Jimmy Bäckström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi list!
> > > I'm about to write an application that takes about 5000 mailadresses
> > > from a database, and then sends a mail to each one of them. I haven't
> > > done this kind of apps before, so I don't know if it's a good idea. Does
> > > anyone have any suggestions?
> > >
> > > /Jimmy
> > >
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