[thelist] php mailinglist newsletter smtp

Andrew Maynes andrew at humanbehaviour.co.uk
Wed Oct 9 06:44:00 CDT 2002


Hi Guys

This one is something I will be working on for the next few weeks so all the
advice I can get will be absolutely brilliant and I promise to give a tip :)

I have a client who is on a hosting server that does not allow bulk mail!  What
they mean by this I am not exactly sure.  I presume they mean I cant use a
mailinglist script such as a php mailing program.
The setup I have is this.  When a new customer places an order the visitor's
email is entered into a MySQL table, if they tick the box please subscribe me.

The php script then sends a newsletter out by accessing the MySQL DB.

So the plan is to still run the subscribe into the DB.  But want I now need to
do is retrieve all the emails and send them from my local machine, hence
avoiding sending bulk mail through the hostings compnies smtp!  Does this make
sense and if so any suggestions, apart from move hosting company!  Although as
they have been so utterly useless in their support department this may well be
the way forward!

Andrew
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