Hi, I'm looking to create my own mailing list php script for an email database I have of around 245k + emails from my gaming network. My question is how mailing lists scripts work, I mean, how do they send all the emails, at once ? or by cycles ? I want to know if I can just do a for cycle in php and send all the emails like that or if I have to do it in cycles, how many emails can I send per second ? minute ? .. Sending a lot of emails at once could make my server crash? any help would be greatly appreciated.
There are many scripts for mailing lists in which you would not have to code your own. However, I wouldn't suggest it as, there are many things that could go wrong in this situation such as becoming blacklisted for spam if you do not do the script correctly (For example: Not adding a desubscribe button). In this situation, I suggest you use a mailing cloud service such as Icontact which will allow you to send out mass emails. Make sure you are not spamming though and that everyone has agreed to being emailed by you.