Is this a bad way to mail my newsletter? - geek/talk: Signature-free discourse for serious web publishers

Magic2K2 · 04-03-2002, 08:10 PM

I run a loop in PHP using the mail() function, mailing each address in the database. As the list grows, its taking longer and longer to execute so I'm worried its a bad script. I want to avoid using BCC though and need to store the addresses in my database. Any ideas?

jokearound · 04-03-2002, 08:42 PM

http://www.netatlantic.com - get the professionals to host and send the list for you. it costs a little (not sure how many members you have), but its well worth it.

Ted S · 04-03-2002, 10:43 PM

Simply accesing the mail() command thousands of times is not a great way of doing things because it requires a persistant connection. Short of going with a outsourced service, get a script like PowerList (solutionscripts.com) that sues the fork() command to split the process and therefore handle more requests without making you keep the script running.

Please realize that if you are on a sharred server and mail several thousand people you will most likely get shut off for one reason or another.

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Magic2K2 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 99	Is this a bad way to mail my newsletter? I run a loop in PHP using the mail() function, mailing each address in the database. As the list grows, its taking longer and longer to execute so I'm worried its a bad script. I want to avoid using BCC though and need to store the addresses in my database. Any ideas?

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04-03-2002, 08:42 PM	#2
jokearound Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: UK Posts: 739	http://www.netatlantic.com - get the professionals to host and send the list for you. it costs a little (not sure how many members you have), but its well worth it.

04-03-2002, 10:43 PM	#3
Ted S Registered User Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Irvine, California Posts: 667	Simply accesing the mail() command thousands of times is not a great way of doing things because it requires a persistant connection. Short of going with a outsourced service, get a script like PowerList (solutionscripts.com) that sues the fork() command to split the process and therefore handle more requests without making you keep the script running. Please realize that if you are on a sharred server and mail several thousand people you will most likely get shut off for one reason or another.