> I already have some functions to send individual emails in use, but > some customers are need to send small text messages directly from a > outlook express (for example) to 150 Bcc destinations.
>> Although, at 100 messages I would suggest using a mailing list instead so >> each one is sent out seperately, especially if they're all going to an >> external domain - the receiving server may have different restrictions. In my personal opinion, I agree with this. Anyone sending to more than 100 recipients, particularly on a Bcc field, is most probably spamming or doing something else crazy... Using a mailing list for that, is much more ideal, as only one message gets sent, and then expanded to the hordes. It also makes it easier for the recipient to decide on his receiving mail or not, rather than manually maintaining the list. If this is done automatically, then you should not be using outlook express at all... As to the destination server having other limits, as per RFC, the sending server must have the ability to take this into account, and batch send e-mail as per allowed limits. As far as I know, XMail does this, as I have never seen a problem with it, and I have one particular server, where for testing purposes, we enforce a simultaneous limit of only 2 e-mails. My take on this matter is, the more resources you allow to a user, the more they abuse it. Hence I actually have the X-Auth header on, to be able to track who did something stupid with their e-mail. If you don't like that policy, find another service.. .:) -- Best regards, Jorn mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
