Hi
Thanks for the info.
We have around 630,000 subscribers to our newsletter and online magazine. It has become just to tedious to send our emails to our subscribers via the internal SendMail PHP () mail method. It takes alot of work and time, making sure everyone received it and not send it to them two or three times, as well.
Have you any suggestions, as to which hosting company would suit our needs better. We would like to be able to use the SMTP Server Method.
We would also like to do it soon.
Thanks,
Bret
Hi Bret,
Sorry to hear about your troubles. I have heard a few things regarding email sending from Host4Profit. When I do installations I always set my SMTP host to "localhost" with no additional authorization. This seems to work fine in every case. Later on, though, sometimes I hear from my clients that Host4Profit has told them not to use SMTP but to use the "internal PHP mail()" method of sending.
Unfortunately this method is slower, at least with the default settings, and less reliable.
If an SMTP server is not running on your host (usually "localhost") then you won't be able to connect. You may have more success using internal PHP mail().
Thanks!
Dean
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bretminkler@<hidden>
> [mailto:bretminkler@<hidden>]
> May 16, 2004 11:19 PM
>
> I have tried many hours, with many different configurations, off and
> on for a year and a half, and still, below is as close as I get to
> sending out an email, using your software, via the SMTP method.
>
> I have updated to your latest version and still the same message;
> except the line has changed - but still the same code } else { echo "
> can't connect to <i>$mtphost</i> "; }
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I use Host4Profit and have corresponded with them, in many emails.
>
> Bret
