Sending an email to every member?

**glennybee** · 08-20-2008, 09:45 AM

Hi folks,

I know there's a 'Send email to users' option within ACP but my host only allows me to send 500 emails every hour and I have over 5,000 members.

I could use the options and send the email to user ids 1-500, then send it to 501-1000 one hour later...and so on and so on...

But does anyone else have another solution?

Thanks

**Cerberus** · 08-20-2008, 10:50 AM

What do you mean every hour? You can send them all at once in the admin panel. I do not see why have to wait an hour?

**glennybee** · 08-20-2008, 10:57 AM

My host has limited me to 500 emails per hour. The first 500 go through ok but the rest get rejected and returned to sender.

It's a royal pain in the a** having to delete 5000+ 'return to sender' emails lol.

**Cerberus** · 08-20-2008, 11:28 AM

Oh I see your host...I am on a VPS and our host really does not seem to care. But I have mostly always had sites on dedi servers and I guess thats why. I was wondering why the hour limit.

Why not just copy all the emails from your database and then send them with your normal email. Your ISP prolly does not care.

**ArnyVee** · 08-20-2008, 02:30 PM

I remember there being a mod for this...let me go look for it....

**ArnyVee** · 08-20-2008, 02:36 PM

Would this help you?

Cron Based E-Mail Sending - vBulletin.org Forum

**glennybee** · 08-20-2008, 02:52 PM

Thanks Arny, that's exactly what I'm looking for!

Unfortunately I'v at member 2500 now but I'll defo install that for future use.

Thanks m8.

**ArnyVee** · 08-20-2008, 03:18 PM

Glad I could help!

**Soliloquy** · 08-21-2008, 12:16 AM

I installed that mod after sending out Christmas greetings to all my members and unwittingly violating a not-more-than-200-emails-per-hour policy... not good, to invite old members back to your forum and have them greeted with a "this site has been suspended" page

**Caddyman** · 08-21-2008, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soliloquy

I installed that mod after sending out Christmas greetings to all my members and unwittingly violating a not-more-than-200-emails-per-hour policy... not good, to invite old members back to your forum and have them greeted with a "this site has been suspended" page

oooo that is no good at all! i dont know a whole lot about hosts with email limits, is that normal? can't you just ask them to lift the restriction? or do you have to pay more for hosting?

i have a good host recommendation that there is not limit, they are fast and cheap too

**Soliloquy** · 08-21-2008, 09:44 AM

I made my apologies, promised never to do it again, and they lifted the suspension immediately. I immediately found and installed that mod but haven't sent out any mass emails since after that experience. The host said I would have to get a dedicated server if I wanted to send out email to the entire list at once, but of course that's too rich for my blood.

**ArnyVee** · 08-25-2008, 09:54 AM

So, does the mod work well for you Michele?

I don't have a need for it yet because I have less than 200 members for my site at this point. But, I should check with my hosting company just in case.