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smtp services

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:27 pm
by pinehead18
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

Thanks
Anthony

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:51 pm
by feyd
Most webhosts provide SMTP servers with their packages. Are you sure you can't find an SMTP server?

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:02 pm
by pinehead18
Not for newsletter services. They consider it a mass mailing.

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:09 pm
by feyd
Most hosts have specific limits you are not allowed to exceed. Have you obtained this information from you host?

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:35 am
by Chris Corbyn
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 ;)