Multiple mail()

[Jez]

I need to be able to send individual personalised emails to contacts
stored in a database. I'm able to do this using mail() and a loop, but
I've read that this isn't a very good idea as there could be a few
hundred contacts.

What is the best way to go about this? Any advice or pointers in the
right direction will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

Jez

[Ian.H]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:15:25 -0700, Jez wrote:

I need to be able to send individual personalised emails to contacts
stored in a database. I'm able to do this using mail() and a loop, but
I've read that this isn't a very good idea as there could be a few hundred
contacts.

What is the best way to go about this? Any advice or pointers in the right
direction will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

Jez

Personalised... hundreds.......... sounds like spam to me =\

Regards,

Ian

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[RG]

"Ian.H" <ia*@WINDOZEdigiserv.net> wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:15:25 -0700, Jez wrote:

I need to be able to send individual personalised emails to contacts
stored in a database. I'm able to do this using mail() and a loop, but
I've read that this isn't a very good idea as there could be a few hundred contacts.

What is the best way to go about this? Any advice or pointers in the right direction will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

Jez

Personalised... hundreds.......... sounds like spam to me =\

Definate smell of pork but hey, I quite like a bit of spam sometimes.
What are your concerns Jez, overloading the server?
If you are worried about this, you could do some kind of script that does
this:
send 1 email, add a sent variable to the databse entry for that email.
Do a refresh on the script until all are sent.
This way you could put say a 5 second refresh time.

You are a considerate spammer, having concerns about your host.
Are you sure you just don;t want to get caught out???
:)
RG

[Jez]

"RG" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:<3f***********************@mercury.nildram.ne t>...

"Ian.H" <ia*@WINDOZEdigiserv.net> wrote in message
news:pa****************************@hybris.digiser v.net...

Personalised... hundreds.......... sounds like spam to me =\

Definate smell of pork but hey, I quite like a bit of spam sometimes.
What are your concerns Jez, overloading the server?
If you are worried about this, you could do some kind of script that does
this:
send 1 email, add a sent variable to the databse entry for that email.
Do a refresh on the script until all are sent.
This way you could put say a 5 second refresh time.

You are a considerate spammer, having concerns about your host.
Are you sure you just don;t want to get caught out???
:)
RG

Promise you it's not spam. I just need a reliable way to send
personalised email to members of an association I'm involved with. The
members are actually paying to receive the email ;)

I've read somewhere that mail() wasn't intended for the kind of thing
I'm trying to achieve, but I can't find any references to a better way
with PHP.

Thanks for your suggestion.

Jez

[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

On 09/24/2003 12:15 PM, Jez wrote:

I need to be able to send individual personalised emails to contacts
stored in a database. I'm able to do this using mail() and a loop, but
I've read that this isn't a very good idea as there could be a few
hundred contacts.

What is the best way to go about this? Any advice or pointers in the
right direction will be greatly appreciated!

mail() is just fine for that. What is the problem is sending
personalized e-mail as it may take a long time to deliver the messages
to all recipients.

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Regards,
Manuel Lemos

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