Limit sending to no more than 100 emails per hour

[Balitas]

i need to send only 100 emails per day.

how can i send only 100 emails per one action of sending? !

# no more than 100 mails in batch size
define("MAILQUEUE_BATCH_SIZE",100);

# 3600 seconds is 1 hour so 24 hours (1 day) is 86400:
define("MAILQUEUE_BATCH_PERIOD",86400);

# Pause between messages (in seconds) to send no more than 100 messages per hour:
define('MAILQUEUE_THROTTLE',864);

[Cubski]

Hi everyone,

I am fairly new to Phplist. I have encountered several issues with it, but I have solved most of it thanks to this helpful community.

I want to hear some advice about how to set throttling and batch processing for this scenario:

- Send 500 emails per hour for 10 hours per day

Since my hosting allows me to send 5000 emails per day (did not specify how many emails per hour).

I also want to know how to set this batch processing automatically using either cron or commandline (whichever is best suited for my situation). I do not want to run the batch process using a browser since I have a large email list to send to. I have a VPS hosted at myhosting.com using Plesk Panel.

If anyone could help me with this, that would be very much appreciated. This is the last issue I need to solve before I continue with my campaign.

Thank you very much to all.

[H2B2]

Since my hosting allows me to send 5000 emails per day (did not specify how many emails per hour).

A message limit of 5000 msgs/day (24 hrs), equals 208 msgs/hour. Allow for a safe margin and set it to 180 or 190 msgs/hr.

The simplest way to deal with this is probably by using the mailqueue throttle setting and insert a 20 seconds pause between each message. You can keep the process going by using a cron job.
ref: http://docs.phplist.com/PhpListConfigSendRate

[DeepSpace]

I am sorry if my first post is one already covered but in my searching I did not come up with a answer.
My host allows 250 smtp relays, I would like to set up so at midnight the next 250 in the queue go out and so forth until all have gone. Thanks

[H2B2]

My host allows 250 smtp relays, I would like to set up so at midnight the next 250 in the queue go out and so forth until all have gone.

A limit of 250 messages per day doesn't sound like a good hosting choice. However, if you cannot switch to another host you might try these settings in config.php:

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#disable batch processing
define("MAILQUEUE_BATCH_SIZE",0);

# Batch period not relevant if batch processing is disabled
define("MAILQUEUE_BATCH_PERIOD",3600);

# Pause 360 seconds (6 minutes) between messages to send no more than 240 messages per day:
define('MAILQUEUE_THROTTLE',360);

Since the script is likely to time out in, it is probably best to run a cron job (or some pseudo cron job) to process the message queue at regular intervals. How short these intervals should be on your server is something you need to find by practice.

The above settings only allow a margin of 10 messages per day, i.e. if you send private messages using your email client, make sure you do not send more than 10 messages while phpList is sending its 240 messages a day. Else you'd be breaking your message limits.

I also suggest you disable notification emails in your configuration page (lists/admin/?page=configure&id=send_admin_copies): Set "Does the admin get copies of subscribe, update and unsubscribe messages" to false

Refs:
http://docs.phplist.com/PhpListConfigSendRate
http://docs.phplist.com/ConfigurePhplistInfo

See also: viewtopic.php?p=83457#p83457

[gabster]

Hi Gang!

My host allows me to send 750 emails per hour. What would be my optimal throttle settings for this?

Thanks a lot!
Gabstero

[H2B2]

A throttle value of 5 seconds will send 720 msgs per hour:
define('MAILQUEUE_THROTTLE',5);

[gabster]

[quote="H2B2"]A throttle value of 5 seconds will send 720 msgs per hour:
[i]define('MAILQUEUE_THROTTLE',5);[/i][/quote]

Thanks for the reply! It this case what values should I have set for MAILQUEUE_BATCH_SIZE and MAILQUEUE_BATCH_PERIOD?

Thanks a lot!

Gabster

[H2B2]

Since the throttle is ensuring you keep below the 750 msgs/hr limit, you don't need to use batch processing, and therefore you should disable batch processing;

#disable batch processing
define("MAILQUEUE_BATCH_SIZE",0);

# Batch period not relevant if batch processing is disabled
define("MAILQUEUE_BATCH_PERIOD",3600);

If you have timeout problems. you can use a cron job to maintain the sending process.
Ref http://docs.phplist.com/PhpListConfigSendRate