Newsletter Timeout Issue

[dankman]

We've editted some of the PHP script and now have throttling setup in our soho (currently at one email every 30 seconds.) BUT, for some reason, the entire list doesn't always make it out...DOES ANYONE KNOW, if Soho has some sort of timeout that would prevent the send_now.php script from running for several hours? Currently our mailing list has 1,200 people on it, so it takes 10 hours for the entire list to go out...BUT for some reason Soho stops short?

Any help is appreciated - I can offer advice on mail throttling in return (as many hosts have a limit of 200-300 emails per hour).

Thanks!

[Mike Morrison]

I don't think we have any timeout limits. What happens when it stops short? Do you mean it just ends as if it was done after less than the full list, or does it throw an error of some sort?

[dankman]

Mike,
It ends as when less than the full list has been sent out - we don't receive any error messages.
BUT, we have modified the send_now.php code so that it is THROTTLED - we currently have it setup to delay 20 seconds between each email so that we don't exceed the limit of emails per hour we can send out (on our host server).

[Mike Morrison]

we currently have it setup to delay 20 seconds between each email
Hmm. At first glance I have no idea how you're doing that. Last I looked send_now.php sent all the emails at once in the BCC field. Did you change that so it sends in a loop?