Automated mail system

[wizardm]

Hello,

I need to make an php based automated mail system for my project. It should allow the user to schedule mails to be sent in the future.So my line of thinking is this.

 

A php based webpage could be created with the mail form (to,subj,body etc)

when sent, these details would get entered in the server's database.

Now on the server, there can be an php script which periodically checks the databse to see if there is any pending mail and accordingly dispatch it using php.

Is my thinking correct or could you suggest better methods of implementation.

 

thanks,

Mohit