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« on: March 23, 2003, 07:48:00 AM » |
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Hi,
If I have a script running that sends out emails? Is there any kind of limits imposed on this? My current host (who I will be leaving shortly) has banned me from sending emails from the server because I sent too many in too short of time (like 30 in a minute or something small like that!). Is there any imposed limits that I need to know about, or is it basically just as much as my bandwidth can take?
Thanks!
- Ed
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amy
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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2003, 08:00:00 AM » |
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Hi Kata, We would prefer that you send no more than 200 e-mails per hour !["[Smile]"]("smile.gif" "\"\"") |
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Ed
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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2003, 08:16:00 AM » |
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Is that a strict limit? I want to be able to run a mailing list type program from my server for an announement style list that I run.
This is basically the deciding factor for what webhost I choose.
Is it a problem if the script did not utilize the local mailserver, but ran its own utility to send the emails (not placing a load on the servers mail server) but handling all outgoing mail itself?
- Ed
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amy
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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2003, 10:47:00 AM » |
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Hi Ed, Actually that was something we were looking at, but I've just been informed by Max (who didn't tell me .. sheesh ) that we don't have any limits anymore. |
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Ed
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« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2003, 08:33:00 PM » |
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What can I say but: AWESOME! :-)
Thanks for the great news!
- Ed :-)
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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2003, 08:46:00 PM » |
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There's an excellent mailing list program, and it's accesible through your control panel. It's called the mailman listserver. I use it for my newsletter and it works very well.
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Ed
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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2003, 08:53:00 PM » |
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How large is your newsletter though?
Does anyone know if there is a size limitation on mailman? I know many providers that offer mailing list services restrict the size to somewhere between 200-1000 members per mailing list..
- Ed
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Max
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« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2003, 12:00:00 AM » |
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We do not have any specific limits at this time. However we ask you to not make it too big.
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Adrian
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« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2003, 02:25:00 AM » |
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"We would prefer that you send no more than 200 e-mails per hour" !["[redface]"]("graemlins/redface.gif" "\"\"") Ummm... so its not preferable that I mass mailed the 450 users of my old forum a while back to tell them that the forum was moving then? Or are 'one off' mass mailings like that not a problem? ...just for future reference...
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« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2003, 09:17:00 AM » |
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No worries now!
To quote from previous post on this thread:
"I've just been informed by Max (who didn't tell me .. sheesh ) that we don't have any limits anymore."
- Ed :-)
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amy
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« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2003, 11:37:00 AM » |
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Yup Yup that's correct |
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« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2003, 08:41:00 PM » |
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Do'h, didn't see that. Anyhow *thumbs up* |
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« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2003, 10:53:04 AM » |
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Sorry for kicking a three week old topic, but I may be moving on to lunarpages.com, but I have a mailinglist that has over 4000 members. Is that a problem?
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« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2003, 04:55:30 PM » |
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I dont think it is a problem. As long as it is a legit list and not spam (if you keep records of subscriptions etc, then you in luck!) you shouldn't have anything to worry about. I have a list of the same size -4500 and I am about to migrate it over. The servers here are overkill so I wouldn't be too worried about an overload. Any one 'official' to back me up? - Ed  |
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« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2003, 11:37:23 PM » |
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OK, thanks . It's certainly not spam, every single member signed up and activated him/herself through majordomo. I already signed up with Lunarpages. The package looks great and much better than my previous host. |
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