Using Cron

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dibyendra
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Using Cron

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I want to automate the emailing the members under certain events or certain day to inform day dynamically? some said to use cron.But I'm new to this. Is ther any other way to do that?
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Cron is truly the way to go if you are using a linux/unix host. Generally you edit the crontab to schedule certain tasks (such as running a script to send emails). Check out http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd for details on how to use cron/crontab.

Without cron, I cannot think of an efficient way to send out emails on a regular basis. If you only want to send emails after a user performs an action, you can code the email into your other php scripts.
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