Is there any way to send out a mass email through phpLD? What I would like to do is send an email to those with active links. Is it possible?
I thinks its feasible, but it will put hella load on your hosts server as sending 1K+ emails at one go might be an issue, but how many emails you want to send?
Maybe we can create an admin panel addon for this...which extracts the email ids and concerned names from the db and send them a mail in batches( to reduce server load, too much mail queueing and crashing ) as a cron optionally.
From phpmyadmin: SELECT DISTINCT `OWNER_NAME`, `OWNER_EMAIL` FROM `PLD_LINK` where `OWNER_NAME` != '' and `OWNER_EMAIL` != '' ORDER BY `OWNER_NAME` ASC then you can export it in micorsoft excel or which ever they provide and you choose
You can send emails in phpLD can't you? Ive never really understood exactly what that is/was for... could anyone shed some light? Presumably its just to send one off emails directly from phpLD as apposed from a seperate webmail/email account?
You can send emails like. You just submitted a link to xxxxxxxDirectory! its now awaiting approval. or You link was denied..please look at the guidlines and submit another.. or we recieved your payment! it will do this automaticly. were trying to find out a way to send out emails to people in the db,..posibly to notify a submitter of new features, discounts,..news etc. im also going to work on a mod for only pull from the database people who "opt-in" to getting emails...just so thay cant say its spam. this could be done by creating a simple checkbox at the bottom and storing a variable.. -Tim
anon is really great as he knew each and every inch of phpld I think so and I think he could prepare a directory script and sell it
'Emailer' header. Send one at a time. I think these guys want to bulk(i'm gonna laugh when they get black listed too), not one at a time.
if you do an "opt-in" you wont get blacklisted correct? since they are opting in to get the email? and all others will not get an email unless the box was checked. Thanks! -Tim
This type of mod could certainly be made. However, most hosts have a limit on the number of emails sent per hour. Usually, it is about 100. By sending out 1000 emails, either opt in or not, most hosts will have a problem with you. Also, it only takes one complaint from a recipient of one of your emails to get you blacklisted. Now something you, or your host, necessarily want to happen. You are better off using the database extract that an0n posted above and then use a 3rd party newsletter service to perform your action.
So basically if i were to bulk email all my submitters regarding say for example a new feature on my site... eg a forum or something... i could potentially be blacklisted? Although i suppose technically i could add into my submission guidelines something to cover specific email site updates or similar - although i suppose that wouldnt stop my site from getting black listed really...
any reccomendations on a 3rd party newsletter app? i only plan on emailing "subscribers" like a VIP area for prime advertisers and priority landscape holders
not just you, but your server altogether, which will render everyone else blacklisted too. hahaha your hosting provider will not be happy with you, i can tell you that much. I guess you cloud try and use your own smtp from your local machine. some isp providers block port 25 specifically because of that. there are alternative ways, but i'm not going to mention them.
Wow....just wow! OK, who would ever use a directory that sent out mass emails to people that did not opt into these mailings? People want to purchase listings at "safe" directories that are known NOT to spam their customers (even better if they have a privacy policy clearly stated). Start spamming and I assure you, your directory will suffer.
vBulletin has this mass email send feature. I think this feature can be usefull for directories too, if used properly. Instead of sending the same email one at a time, it might save time to sent it 2, 5 or 10 at a time isn't ?