Sending mail() to 2000+ users

[.Darkman]

Hello,

 

I have a database of over 2000 users. I wish to send newsletters to them via PHP's mail() function.

 

What is the best way to do ?

 

I'm asking this because, i read somewhere that using the mail() for a large number of users can crash the server.

So, whats the best way to do it ? I'm on Shared hosting.

 

 

Thanks,

Shrihari.S

[uniflare]

i would suggest looking at the PEAR Mail package, i believe its more 'Reliable'.

 

i dont know anything about it though i wish i could be more help, try this link:

http://pear.php.net/package/Mail

 

 

hope this helps,

[cooldude832]

best move is to batch action it into 100-200 emails at a time

[.Darkman]

i would suggest looking at the PEAR Mail package, i believe its more 'Reliable'.

 

i dont know anything about it though i wish i could be more help, try this link:

http://pear.php.net/package/Mail

 

 

hope this helps,

I'll take a look... thx

 

best move is to batch action it into 100-200 emails at a time

How do i do that ?

[cooldude832]

you write a script to send X emails a time and rerun it every so often.

 

 

At 2000 emails in 1 script you will probably get some nasty emails from your hosting company as they will call you a spammer.

 

Have to spread it around

[.Darkman]

Actually, php.net/mail says that it is better to use PEAR package for large volume of mailing.

So, is the following code good ? Or, does this also put a lot of stress on the server ?

<?php

include ('/home/username/php/Mail.php');

$mail = Mail::factory("mail");

$headers = array("From"=>"me@mydomain.com", "Subject"=>"Test Mail");
$body = "This is a test!";

foreach($emails AS $email)
{
// about 2500 email addresses
$mail->send($email, $headers, $body);
}
?>

[uniflare]

personally ive never used pear but i can give u a tip.

 

time the script AND each email using microtime(). This will tell you roughly how much time it takes to complete the operations.

during that time look at your processor usage and memory usage. while the script is running try to run another one along-side etc, there are numerous ways to stress test a script.

 

the script looks good to me. have you tried it are there any errors?

[cooldude832]

personally ive never used pear but i can give u a tip.

 

time the script AND each email using microtime(). This will tell you roughly how much time it takes to complete the operations.

during that time look at your processor usage and memory usage. while the script is running try to run another one along-side etc, there are numerous ways to stress test a script.

 

the script looks good to me. have you tried it are there any errors?

 

 

Run time/memory usage aren't the concerns here its being labeled a spammer that will happen if you are found to  send 2000 emails in less than a minute you have to spread it out over hours unless you have a security certificate or are on some sort of white list.

[freenity]

You could insert a sleep(10) in the while sending loop, so the server is not so loaded, but you also will need to set the script execution time to 0, so it doesn't get closed automatically.

To send mail check this code: http://gwphp.feudal-times.net/?p=4