Sending email to multiple recipient (about 5.000)

Hello PHP people, I have gathared my clients email adress via input fields, all email adresses in mysql database so I would like to send email my clients time to time and let them know about special offers and discounts I heard that if I send the emails with my shared host server administar may will suspend my account because of spam issue

is there way to send the emails with php script and on shared host? I would appreciate if you could give me starting point doing this

 

In fact custom mailing campaign should be done with PHP scripts only. So, no tricks available to bypass spam-issue with PHP. Instead try dedicated servers or use professional newsletter/mailing campaign providers like MailChimp.

 

I asked to hostgator if there is limit to send email multiple recipeints they said that I would send email 500 per hour in shared hosting however there is no limit in vps plans in hostgotor if I bought vps plan and write script with php which is sending email. does The emails guarantee to drop inbox?

 

They can't make a guarantee as to whether or not it'll get into the inbox, it depends on if their email provider has blacklisted the domain/subdomain that the mail is coming from, but I'd say there is a high chance that it'll make it in there.

 

Hey i am making a similar application which will use a server to send emails and you will also get reports about how many people opened the email and how many forwarded it.etc..if you wish i can sell the same to you..

 

For sure, if you send 500 mails per hour, to a certain domain (say gmail.com) from a certain mail id, the recipient's mail provider will blacklist you within a day.
If it's a signup confirmation/email verification mail (which are often sent as soon as you register on a site), some providers may consider. Because in such mails, the body of the email changes, based on user's input (choice of username, password and other details). But if the body of mail remains same (as in newsletters), you'll surely fail to trace-pass. IMO: PHP mail() function is the worst one to use in a Newsletter sending script. So it's always recommended to use Custom Solutions (which are possible on Dedicated Servers, with multiple IPs), or a Professional Mail-Campaign organizer.

 

let's assume I decided to work with professional mail company how they provide may upadated mail list? as I said my previous post the mail list is kept in mysql database and could increase data

I wonder how could handle forum system sending an email multiple time even they are used shared host

 

I've worked with email marketing before, and it's hard to deliver email to companies like Hotmail or Yahoo nowadays. If you want to set up a solution yourself, you should do stuff like check mail server's reverse DNS, that the HELO string is correct, and that you have SPF and DKIM in the DNS for the domain.

 

You can setup a cron job and send mails in time. You can send 5000 mails in 1-2 days. Every 1 hour , you can send 50 mail with smtp. And that would not be a problem for hostgator nor for hotmail or yahoo.

 

get all emails from database... then put them in a loop and send them a mail?

 

there are some hosted email campaign services available as well; may you could try them if your hosting is a concern for you.

 

Maybe look into this (I've never tried it)
http://www.scripts.com/viewscript/free-email-autoresponder-and-follow-up-script/20021/

 

use phpmailer, google it

 

If you want to avoid paid professional systems, I think this is the best thing to do. Use sleep(8) in your PHP script to throttle

 

first put all the email id into the array ... using for loop send the email...use mail() function.

 

Agree MailChimp is great, but you might have to reconfirm your list. You might lose up to 40% of you list in the process.

 

No arrays, no database, no VPS,
I made a simple PHP script for this and am using this for past few months on my shared server.
It works brilliant, i use cron, HTML mails can be sent, and i follow the Mail limit of 100 per hr in my host,
however, i send only 30 to 60 per hr

It simply fetches emails from Notepad file and sends out one by one based on cron.
let me know if i should help you in setting up the script

i cross checked, its 100% Inbox delivery with my Host so far. ( as they have IP without any Spam Issues )

 

for shared hosting you can simply split all emails to some period, like 500 / hour

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