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pinehead18
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So i build a newsletter service but i can't find an smtp server to use with swift.

Any suggestions? I am willing to pay

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Most webhosts provide SMTP servers with their packages. Are you sure you can't find an SMTP server?
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Not for newsletter services. They consider it a mass mailing.
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Most hosts have specific limits you are not allowed to exceed. Have you obtained this information from you host?
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Generally a low-cost shared host will be no good for mass mailing because they'll have pretty constrained limits on how much you can send. More premium plans will be less restrictive but for really large batches you're probably better off with a dedicated server. The reason SMTP servers aren't really offered as separate services very often is because they'd be subject to a massive amount of abuse. I'd be amazed if your ISP seriously do not have a single SMTP server to use though; limits or not ;)
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