Re: [PHP] Efficient mass mailings

2008-02-04 Thread Per Jessen
Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: I a currently re-writing a web app from ASP to PHP and have come to the part where the app sends mass mailings to their customer base. This has always been problematic for them with the existing setup and I am looking for the best approach. While I've setup mailings

Re: [PHP] Efficient mass mailings

2008-02-04 Thread Per Jessen
Richard Heyes wrote: If you have attachments, you could use one or more cheap remote servers and Bcc: the recipients. Or use the local mail gateway. Bcc:ing will cut down on the amount of the amount of actual data transferred to the mail server; you can send to say 100 recipients at once but

Re: [PHP] Efficient mass mailings

2008-02-04 Thread Richard Heyes
Whether you BCC or not does not affect the actual mail-server traffic. A Bcc'ed address is only one that isn't listed in To: header. But it does affect how much data gets transferred to the mail server. If you Bcc: addresses the email will only be sent over the wire to the mail server once.

Re: [PHP] Efficient mass mailings

2008-02-04 Thread Per Jessen
Richard Heyes wrote: Whether you BCC or not does not affect the actual mail-server traffic. A Bcc'ed address is only one that isn't listed in To: header. But it does affect how much data gets transferred to the mail server. If you Bcc: addresses the email will only be sent over the wire to

Re: [PHP] Efficient mass mailings

2008-02-04 Thread Per Jessen
Richard Heyes wrote: Whether you BCC or not does not affect the actual mail-server traffic. A Bcc'ed address is only one that isn't listed in To: header. But it does affect how much data gets transferred to the mail server. If you Bcc: addresses the email will only be sent over the wire to