Interesting way of tracking everything... and I like the idea of the pop-up being able to query the database for current status.
For now, I'm firing off a process with no timeout and it can run even after browser abort... but no real way to check on it other than I send a "mailing complete" type email with some of the mailing details. I was able to send 250 emails within 15 seconds, so roughly 1000 a minute. Not sure if this is because the server load is light, or the server is just that powerful. Does this seem right??? I'd like to find out more how you handle the bounce backs. Again, thanks for the great information. --- Lowell Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - It takes several minutes to send hundreds of > emails, so it's best done in > the background. You'll need PHP available to run as > a CGI/CLI called from a > cron tab. > > - My solution is part of a content management > system. Site administrators > create the body of the email from database info. > When a user hits the send > button, the email is saved to a MySQL table which > has fields for Time (time > created), ListSize (number of addresses), Invalids > (bad address formats), > Attempts, and InProgress (an enum field used as a > flag). There are lots more > fields for storing parts of the message, etc., but > that's not important to > the approach. There's also a database table for > storing the email address > list, with fields for Time (same as the message > table), Valid (valid > format), Failed, Attempted, and TimeAttempted. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
