I am using php and mysql.
I am going to send 10k++ (ten thousands plus) emails to update my subscribers, and this is the first time I am going to send them. I will use php mail function, basically here is what I will do:
First get the data from database:
Select name, email FROM data
After that, using while loop to send the data:
while($r = mysql_fetch_assoc($exe)){
...
if($mail){
echo "success<br>";
} else {
echo "failed<br>";
}
}
echo "Sent all";
I include the if.. else statement, to ensure that each email is sent successfully. Is there anything I need to take care of? Will I have any problems when SENDING TO 10K++ users?
Is there a limit of numbers of emails that you are going to sent?
Please be aware of this note from the mail documentation:
Note: It is worth noting that the mail() function is not suitable for larger volumes of email in a loop. This function opens and closes an SMTP socket for each email, which is not very efficient.
For the sending of large amounts of email, see the » PEAR::Mail, and » PEAR::Mail_Queue packages.