Mass Mailing

[cordial_camaraderie@yahoo.com]

I need to send 30,000 emails to our NewsLetter Subscriber,
I tried to use our hosting Site and for the worst part We we banned and
our site was stopped.

I am using PHP script, mail() function to send Mail

Please suggest me how to send these personalised newsletter... through
PHP

[lorento]

Re: Mass Mailing

I think its better you contact your web hosting first. Tell them that
you have an opt-in email list and you want to send them a newsletter.

If you just use simple mail() function many mailservers will detect as
spam.

Its better you use phpmailer :

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmailer/

Regards,

Lorento
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[NC]

Re: Mass Mailing

cordial_camarad e...@yahoo.com wrote:[color=blue]
>
> I need to send 30,000 emails to our NewsLetter Subscriber,
> I tried to use our hosting Site and for the worst part We we
> banned and our site was stopped.
>
> I am using PHP script, mail() function to send Mail
>
> Please suggest me how to send these personalised newsletter...
> through PHP[/color]
[color=blue]
>From the standpoint of pure technology, there is nothing wrong with[/color]
what you are doing now. The problem is, your contract with your
hosting company probably included a clause prohibiting mass mailing (to
avoid putting a strain on the hosting company's SMTP servers), and
that's why you were banned.

You can still use your scripts, but you need to find a hosting company
that allows mass mailing. You might want to ask them about it (and
tell them that your mailing list is opt-in) before you move your site
there.

Alternatively, you can use a third-party mass mailing service such as
RealMagnet.com.

Yet another alternative is to deploy your own SMTP server.

Whatever path you choose, it's going to be more expensive than your
current setup.

Cheers,
NC

[Rex Karz]

Re: Mass Mailing

cordial_camarad erie@yahoo.com wrote:[color=blue]
> I need to send 30,000 emails to our NewsLetter Subscriber,
> I tried to use our hosting Site and for the worst part We we banned and
> our site was stopped.
>
> I am using PHP script, mail() function to send Mail
>
> Please suggest me how to send these personalised newsletter... through
> PHP
>[/color]

Why write it yourself?

Many hosting providers have canned "Announceme nt List" software
suitable for Newsletter kind of things.
See: http://www.dreamhost.com

Maybe your problem is how you aquired those 30,000 email
addresses. -- If you "harvested" them, bought them, or otherwise
picked 'em up without getting the victim's ^H subscriber's
permission, then most reputable hosting providers would bounce you
out quickly.

FWIW, The Dreamhost Announcement List software allows you to
import an already assembled list of email addresses. However, it
sends a subscription confirmation message to each email address.
Further communication with that address via the Announcement List
software is not possible until that subscriber has "clicked
through" to confirm that he does, indeed, want to subscribe to
your newsletter.

If you absolutely insist on roll-your-own, then be careful about
mail header injection attacks when someone subscribes to your
newsletter. http://www.php.net has a good description on the
basics of avoiding header injection attacks in their description
of the mail() function.