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Email Blasts, in php?

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:48 pm
by Klaws_wolverine
Hello all,

Regarding E-Mail marketing, can I do this trough PHP, sending 500,000 emails through PHP, on Linux/Apache? Do I need a listserv?

How do email blasts work, what are the infrastructure requirements, do most companies outsource this need?

Thanks

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:51 pm
by JAM
Asking a question about the number 500,000 in conjunction with mailing, makes a couple of warning bells ring.
Why asking?

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:55 pm
by Chambrln
Like Jam said Why asking?

It wouldn't be that hard but I'm not sure I'd want to tell you and then receive 500,000 emails.

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:55 pm
by mrvanjohnson
Assuming you have a list of 500,000 people who want to receive emails from you and you are just trying to figure out a cheap spamming method then yes there are ways to do it.

Let's assume you have your 500,000 people in a database. Check out the [php_man]mail [/php_man] function. Although a job that big you might want to think of using a different method. Especially if your not even sure how email blast work. Outsourcing might be your best solution :-)