> Again, I know this is not necessarily a MySQL specific question, and sorry > for getting off target, but this is a pretty smart and experienced bunch, > and I'm sure that someone out there will be able to help me. > > We have a web application in which we have a mass e-mail function. It > allows the user to compose a simple text-only e-mail and send to everyone in > our database (MySQL). Problem is that our e-mail server seems to be getting > overloaded, and it just shuts down, causing an error. We're using ArgoSoft > Mail server, which works very well for our normal needs. We do not want to > change to Microsoft's Exchange Server. I hear it's expensive, and difficult > to set up and get working properly. > > I was wondering if anyone knows of any alternative mass e-mail options. I > don't want to use servers that spammers use, because first, and foremost, > this is NOT spam, and second, some recipients may have these servers black > listed. What other alternatives are there?
How many messages are we talking here? Perhaps create a server side script, that sends the emails in chunks, then sleeps a little, and sends another chunk. I would also try to unorder the email addresses, so that large groups of yahoo and aol etc emails do not hit the outbound queue at the same time. They tend to look down on that activity, and throttle you back, making it take even longer to get your messages out. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Haneda Tel: 415.898.2602 <http://www.newgeo.com> Novato, CA U.S.A. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
