Some additional info. While php's mail() is inadequate for this task,
there is a very nice php class written by Manuel Lemos (at
http://phpclasses.upperdesign.com/browse.html/package/14 - free login
required) which allows for a real smtp dialogue. That will do what
you're looking for.
George Schlossnagle wrote:
>
> Part of the problem is that php's mail() sends mail by just piping each
> individual message to an exim process - there is no batch mail
> interface. Perl does though....
>
> george
>
> ewiz wrote:
> >
> > I am facing a problem where some users on the server are using php
> > mail() function to mail a list of users in taken from mysql db(around
> > 5000 users, but not spam), but this is getting the system crashed due to
> > excessvie loads and if I limit the delivery load on exim than even
> > geninue mail is getting holded up.
> >
> > so is there anyway to limit the number of emails or delay the mails from
> > the nobody user( which is the apach+php user which mails)
> >
> > any help would be apperciated.
> > TIA
> >
> > ewiz
> >
> > --
> > ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ##
>
> --
> $_ = 'George Schlossnagle';
> s#.#(ord$')-(ord$&)+((index($_,$')-$&)?1002:0)#ego;s#-#((substr($],4,1)-6)?67:$-[0])#eog;$:=$_;print
> join('',(map chr$_,reverse
> map{substr($:,(3*$_),3)+(11,-109,-14,94,-894,-28,-61,-202,-417,83,-20,-678,53,96,4,-494,82,-869,-826,24,16,-684,-450,-27)[$_]}(0...length($_)/3)),chr(length($_)/2+ord$/),$/);
>
> --
> ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ##
