Can't mail to more than 1000 unattended

[rnr1]

I have a list of 15,000 subscribers.  I've broken the list down into 3 sublists of 5,000 each because my web host only allows me to send
5000 emails per hour.

But ListMailPro stops after every 1000 emails have been sent and I have to click a couple of times and wait 60 seconds before continuing, which is a real pain and prevents unattended operation.

This is a major hassle and removes a major benefit of ListMailPro.

Is there a way to over-ride the 1000-email restriction?

[DW]

You could be reaching a per-connection limit.  On the Configuration page, is your "Reconnect every X emails" setting set to 1000 or less?

One way to get more information is to enable the SMTP log, which can display error messages from the SMTP server.

Regards

[rnr1]

Dean,

No, I had it set for 1000. Now, I've increased it to 5000.
I'll also turn on the SMTP log to see if it shows anything.

Thanks,

Rich

[DW]

Hi Rich,

If the mailings stop at 1000 I don't recommend increasing the setting to 5000, but rather decreasing it.

Is this still happening?

Try setting the following line in config.php

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$smtp_timeout=45;
Please search the forum for "smtp_timeout" for more information on this undocumented setting..

Regards

[rnr1]

Hi,

1.  Where do I find the SMTP log?

2.  I'm having trouble believing that this is a timeout issue as it always stops at exact multiples of 1000 emails regardless of what rate at which the emails are being sent.  Therefore, I have to assume that it's a counting issue rather than a timing issue.

[DW]

You can enable the ListMail SMTP log globally from the Configuration page.  Files are written to the mail/attach folder which must have the correct permissions.

What was your experience with reducing the "Reconnect every X emails" setting below 1000?

Regards