Re: [PHP] Sending Broadcast Email - will a large loop cause a crash?

2001-09-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Fotwun« am 2001-09-06 um 16:16:25 -0700 : Hi, I need to send a broadcast email to our customers (about 3,000 emails). The Well, forget it. Many major providers like Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail etc.pp. have *VERY* SPAM strict filters in place. Especially if you use Bcc:'s, chances are

Re: [PHP] Sending Broadcast Email - will a large loop cause a crash?

2001-09-09 Thread B. van Ouwerkerk
Well, forget it. Many major providers like Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail etc.pp. have *VERY* SPAM strict filters in place. Especially if you use Bcc:'s, chances are high that a lot of your will bounce. If you'll be doing something like this more often, it'll be a lot easier and a lot more successful if

Re: [PHP] Sending Broadcast Email - will a large loop cause a crash?

2001-09-07 Thread Tom Carter
- From: Fotwun [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 7:16 PM Subject: [PHP] Sending Broadcast Email - will a large loop cause a crash? Hi, I need to send a broadcast email to our customers (about 3,000 emails). The data is being drawn for the DB

[PHP] Sending Broadcast Email - will a large loop cause a crash?

2001-09-06 Thread Fotwun
Hi, I need to send a broadcast email to our customers (about 3,000 emails). The data is being drawn for the DB, and will be personalized. Obviously, the code to do this is only a few lines. However, I am concerned with the load it will put on the system trying to loop through and mail() 3,000+

Re: [PHP] Sending Broadcast Email - will a large loop cause a crash?

2001-09-06 Thread Miles Thompson
Well, try it - find a willing victim and just do a simple loop. Alternately, set up an account with a local, high-bandwidth ISP, batch in groups of 330-, and use BCC. Miles At 04:16 PM 9/6/01 -0700, Fotwun wrote: Hi, I need to send a broadcast email to our customers (about 3,000 emails).

RE: [PHP] Sending Broadcast Email - will a large loop cause a crash?

2001-09-06 Thread Opec Kemp
Hi, You'd be better off running this process from a command line, i.e. not through your Web Browser as I'm more than certain that it will timeout if you are to send 3000+ emails in a loop :). And then you'll have to start again , and I'm sure your client won't be so happy if they were to get

Re: [PHP] Sending Broadcast Email - will a large loop cause a crash?

2001-09-06 Thread Mark Charette
From: Miles Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, try it - find a willing victim and just do a simple loop. Alternately, set up an account with a local, high-bandwidth ISP, batch in groups of 330-, and use BCC. Miles At 04:16 PM 9/6/01 -0700, Fotwun wrote: Hi, I need to send a broadcast

Re: [PHP] Sending Broadcast Email - will a large loop cause a crash?

2001-09-06 Thread Kath
: Thursday, September 06, 2001 7:16 PM Subject: [PHP] Sending Broadcast Email - will a large loop cause a crash? Hi, I need to send a broadcast email to our customers (about 3,000 emails). The data is being drawn for the DB, and will be personalized. Obviously, the code to do this is only a few

[PHP] More info on BCC? (was Re: [PHP] Sending Broadcast Email - will a large loop cause a crash?)

2001-09-06 Thread elists
What's the reasoning behind that number? (330-) I'm about to implement something similar, using BCC (since the emails don't need to be personalized). I've searched in the past for the answers to 2 questions, but haven't had any luck. Can you shed any light on the issue? 1. Is there a limit