Sending Email using php Mail() - issues

[paulmann]

I've got about 1100 email addresses for members and I want to send them all an email. The plan is I'll upload a csv text document then use a php script to stick the addresses in an array. Then I'll do a simple foreach {} statement to insert the 'to address' into a mail() statement.

Am I likely to run into any problems doing this? In particular, will sending so many emails result in the domain being blacklisted as spamming? Would it be more sensible to do it for records 1 to 50, then wait 5 minutes, then do 51 to 100 etc?

Its only a short text-based email (not html formatted) and the From: header will match the domain name. I'm on the Puma server if that helps. Would rather not install any mailing system/software as its not worth it for what I plan to do.

Any help/comments much appreciated.

[DPS Computing]

Hey Paul. I think sending out so many emails at the same time from a shared server will run into problems and I think that number is above what eUKhost allow of a shared account. Although you should double check or wait for someone from eUKhost to post to clarify this information but I don't think it will be allowed. I think you would have to send so many an hour or so many a day.

[eUKhost.com]

Hi Paul,

You should consider phplist for this task as phplist is preferred by many online users who need to send hundreds of emails daily to their subscribers. You can install phplist from fantastico or download it directly from phplist.com and install it manually.

You should not send 1100 emails in one go as it will create problems for your domain. phplist will help you to make batch of emails and send those in internal of 30 - 60 minutes.

[DPS Computing]

I have actually used phpList in the past (not sure why I didn't think of it) and its easy to install from Fantastico and has a quite useful admin panel .

[jc8654]

Yeah, both PHPList and Mailman would work for this. If you're on shared hosting I would use PHPList for this as you can throttle the number of emails per hour to match the eUK T&Cs.

[rachel]

<?php
$to = "recipient@example.com";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) {
echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
} else {
echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
}
?>

Hope it will be useful for you...

[Rock]

Hmm, here's a sample working PHP mail script.. working on both, Linux & Windows web-hosting servers

<?php
$mail_to="recipient@example.com";
$mail_subject="Hello";
$mail_from="sender@example.com";
$mail_body_client="Test email sent by PHP's mail() function";
mail($mail_to,$mail_subject,$mail_body_client,"FROM:". $mail_from);
?>

[mak2204]

Hi

Guys whats the limit. i mean how many emails can i send and what time.

[Rock]

Hi

Guys whats the limit. i mean how many emails can i send and what time.

Here are the exact details:

Shared server : 200 emails per hour.
VPS : 500 emails per hour.
Semi Dedicated server : 750 emails per hour.
Dedicated server : 3600 emails per hour.

[annyphp]

Hi,
both PHPList and Mailman would work for this. If you're on shared hosting I would use PHPList for this as you can throttle the number of emails per hour to match the eUK T&Cs.
Best regards!