Sending automatic mail with php

Hi I need to send an automatic email with php to activate a member's email address everytime they join but my host is limiting my SMTP to 250 per day? What is my solution? What php functions do website usually use to generate automatic activation email?

 

you will need to switch to a dedicated server or choose such a host which allow more than that or request your host to increase limit or upgrade to higher plan on same hosting if they have more emails per day .

Normal shared hosting plans have limit on mails per hour

Regards

Alex

 

why are sending emails so expensive? they are asking me $2 per 50 relays upgrade. Is there a logic behind it?

 

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Regards

Alex

 

it's too late. i already paid for the hosting. i guess i'll have to change whole email validation in my programme until i buy my own server. why doesn't anybody write anything about the price of smtp emails when building websites?

 

Emails are needed to be sent from the same host where site is hosted otherwise they are most likely counted as spam

Regards

Alex

 

Hit me up if you need hosting. I don't limit emails. My servers are powerful and have never been down in the 8 months I have had them. $6 a month for 35 GB bandwidth 250 MB storage. No illegal or porn content. No ssh access though. Has cPanel 11. My apache/php is compiled with everything you will ever need.

 

A php script combined with a free mailer software like "Swift Mailer" will do the trick. Have you tried asking your host to up the limit? Most hosts will bump you up to 100 per hour if you have a legit reason.

 

which php script? mail()? What is swift mailer? Is there a host that offers unlimited SMTP relays. I will sign up just for sending emails.

 

U can try google webmaster

 

It cuts down on the amount of spam out there.
When you're required to pay $0.04 for each email, you tend to do a little more market research before sending out a bunch of email.

You should be able to recoup $0.04 per email fairly easy.

 

i'm aware about the possibility of spam, but i can spam all i want with gmail, hotmail, or yahoo. considering the availability of these free emails, why charge for relay?

 

It sounds like you're using GoDaddy. They're jerks about relays. Why do they charge? Because they can. I've used the mail() function with them and never had an issue with the SMTP relays.

 

that's right. I never had any issue but the relays are set to alimit of 250 per day, meaning suppose someone fill out a form on our website, if our automatic email is over limit, the mail won't be sent am i right? I'm still green on email.

 

using the mail() function... check the php manual for details on how to use it.