imgrooot Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Say I am using a normal web hosting company like Namecheap. I have a cron job set to send emails to 100,000 users each day, what would be the best way to deliver those emails the fastest? I know there are other platforms that allows you to send mass emails. But those you have to manually input the email list. I want it automated running from the cron job. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/309397-whats-the-best-way-to-do-this/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 The best way is to not do it yourself: sending 100k emails per day from a generic hosting company is a reliable way to get your server blacklisted and emails blocked. There are plenty of services that provide APIs. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/309397-whats-the-best-way-to-do-this/#findComment-1570874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imgrooot Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 7 hours ago, requinix said: The best way is to not do it yourself: sending 100k emails per day from a generic hosting company is a reliable way to get your server blacklisted and emails blocked. There are plenty of services that provide APIs. Could you please give me an example of a good service that provides the API? I've used https://www.sender.net to send bulk emails before. But this is using an email list. And it doesn't seem like they have an API. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/309397-whats-the-best-way-to-do-this/#findComment-1570888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberRobot Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Constant Contact has one here:https://developer.constantcontact.com/docs/developer-guides/api-documentation-index.html Here's another for MailChimp:https://mailchimp.com/developer/ I should mention that I don't spend much time with these services. I've only used them to set something up for others who are responsible for sending out mailings. Both services have work well for the project needs. Note that I haven't used either of the aforementioned APIs. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/309397-whats-the-best-way-to-do-this/#findComment-1570890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberRobot Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) 43 minutes ago, imgrooot said: I've used https://www.sender.net to send bulk emails before. But this is using an email list. And it doesn't seem like they have an API. Perhaps this will help:https://help.sender.net/section/api-integrations/ Edited October 22, 2019 by cyberRobot Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/309397-whats-the-best-way-to-do-this/#findComment-1570891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginerjm Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I'm a bit leary of your proposal. You are need of help to send out 100k emails a day and you don't already have the talent available to guide you in this? I don't like the sound of this project of yours. Should we be helping out a future email-scammer? Or is there an explanation that would convince us that we are not encouraging such behavior? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/309397-whats-the-best-way-to-do-this/#findComment-1570895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 43 minutes ago, ginerjm said: I'm a bit leary of your proposal. You are need of help to send out 100k emails a day and you don't already have the talent available to guide you in this? I don't like the sound of this project of yours. Should we be helping out a future email-scammer? Or is there an explanation that would convince us that we are not encouraging such behavior? If imgroot had just joined then I would be leery too, but I think after ~280 posts they've earned some trust. Perhaps you could try aiming all of your posts in a more helpful direction and away from the critical and insulting? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/309397-whats-the-best-way-to-do-this/#findComment-1570896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginerjm Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I wasn't trying to be insulting, merely questioning the needs he has to be sending out that many email per day. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/309397-whats-the-best-way-to-do-this/#findComment-1570897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imgrooot Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 hour ago, requinix said: If imgroot had just joined then I would be leery too, but I think after ~280 posts they've earned some trust. Perhaps you could try aiming all of your posts in a more helpful direction and away from the critical and insulting? Thanks for backing me up. The 100k emails per day is an extreme example I gave. I just want to make sure that a platform I build is able to accommodate that kind of numbers if ever need be and that I'm using the right service to accomplish it. This is merely sending email notifications to registered users, nothing else. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/309397-whats-the-best-way-to-do-this/#findComment-1570900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxd Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 In my experience, from both an API and UI-based perspective, MailChimp is much easier to use than Constant Contact. Just a personal opinion on the matter, but I will always lean towards MC over CC. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/309397-whats-the-best-way-to-do-this/#findComment-1570902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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