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genux33
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advise needed on email broadcasting manager

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i had install Pear Mail_Queue package in my inhouse server. I set a cron job every minute everyday ready to set out emails that are queued by the program.

Will it tense up the server resource if i send out 100 email in every 1 min when there are 5000 emails to be queued. or should i send out 50 emails in every 5 min?
Any one can advise me on how to send out at 5000 email properly from email queue table without use up alot server resource usage.?
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Post by malcolmboston »

if your going to be sending a lot of emails you basically need to look into getting a dedicated mail server theres a few reasons for this, 1 its just better to do and much faster and 2, your web host wont be too happy when your killing there CPU
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Post by genux33 »

malcolmboston wrote:if your going to be sending a lot of emails you basically need to look into getting a dedicated mail server theres a few reasons for this, 1 its just better to do and much faster and 2, your web host wont be too happy when your killing there CPU

let say, if we dun had an inhouse dedicated mail server.. what should we go about in sending these 5000++ emails every 3 times a weeks.
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Post by feyd »

if the mail is going through your ISP/Host, they may block a LOT of the emails because of Spam protection. You'll have to consult your ISP/Host for the details of how many emails you are allowed to send in a given time period.

I'd worry more about the email not getting blocked by the people's own ISP or email system though.
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