Well, I'll have to change the max execution time in the script. You can do that
dynamically, or in the php.ini file.
/Jimmy
----- Original Message -----
From: Sheridan Saint-Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: php-general <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: SV: [PHP] Sending alots of mail
>
> Doesn't that make your script take A REALLY LONG TIME to run?
> If you do sleep(1) after each call to mail() and send out 1000 e-mails
> that would be a little over 16 and a half minutes of sleep.
>
> At 5000 you are up to over 80 minutes.
>
> Isn't this a problem?
>
> Sheridan Saint-Michel
> Website Administrator
> FoxJet, an ITW Company
> www.foxjet.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Daniel Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: PHP List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: php <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:31 PM
> Subject: Re: SV: [PHP] Sending alots of mail
>
>
> > Actually I remember that I did have the same problem. I had to use
> > sleep() also even though I was only sending a few hundred rather than a
> > few thousand.
> > - Dan
> >
> > On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, PHP List wrote:
> >
> > > Thats interesting.
> > > I tried to do the same thing with 5000 emails using sendmail, and I
> found
> > > that only about 1/2 were actually sent, it seems like the multiple calls
> to
> > > mail caused some of them to be ignored. I had to sleep for a couple of
> > > seconds before each call to mail() in order to get them all out.
> > >
> > > No one else had this problem?
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "Jimmy Bäckström" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Cc: "Tyler Longren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:39 AM
> > > Subject: Re: SV: [PHP] Sending alots of mail
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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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