on 24/09/02 2:12 PM, Peter J. Schoenster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Eeeeeeks. I hate that. I hate email that does not indicate it knows who
> I am. Why is sending one email to one user so bad? I can't think of a
> reason that would trump the personalization that I like so much. But
> I'm all ears.
I hate it too, but the complications of personalised email really do
outweigh the benefits, unless you're prepared for:
a) long development time
b) constantly hitting the "ceiling" of your code/server limits and having to
re-evaluate the code ("it worked for 1000, but now i have 3000", etc)
c) placing HUGE burdens on the server
Bulk mail in a personalised manner should be done with dedicated software
and a dedicated server... I think it's a little wishful to place such
burdens on a WEB server... especially one which is a shared server.
Even if the code does work, the sysadmin should shut it down to prevent the
massive performance hit you cause.
If you've got your own server(s), that's a different story... but then I'd
be using ezmlm or something like that.
Justin French
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
