Sending Batch Email with Massive Email List (over 100k)

Swift Mailer is a fantastic library for sending email with php. Discuss this library or ask any questions about it here.

Moderators: Chris Corbyn, General Moderators

Post Reply
marvyndt
Forum Newbie
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:38 am

Sending Batch Email with Massive Email List (over 100k)

Post by marvyndt »

I'm not experienced with Swift Mailer, but I do have a question that I cannot find an answer to.

Does Swift Mailer have anything built in, so that I can run the script "behind the scenes"? Meaning, if I were to launch a campain of over 100k emails, would I sit at a waiting screen while all 100k emails are processed? Or can I force it to run independant of the user, where they can immediately close the browser once the campaign has started?
User avatar
Chris Corbyn
Breakbeat Nuttzer
Posts: 13098
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:57 am
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Re: Sending Batch Email with Massive Email List (over 100k)

Post by Chris Corbyn »

marvyndt wrote:I'm not experienced with Swift Mailer, but I do have a question that I cannot find an answer to.

Does Swift Mailer have anything built in, so that I can run the script "behind the scenes"? Meaning, if I were to launch a campain of over 100k emails, would I sit at a waiting screen while all 100k emails are processed? Or can I force it to run independant of the user, where they can immediately close the browser once the campaign has started?
The way I would do this is to "spool" the messages into a database, then have a cron script which runs every 5 minutes or so and pulls 1000 emails off the spool and marks them as sent. That way the user creating the campaign sees an almost instant "Campaign now in queue" or something.
Post Reply