How long to send 2k to 6k of emails?

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  • OzKaNoz
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2001
    • 1834

    #1

    How long to send 2k to 6k of emails?

    I just sent 2000 to 6000 emails out to my tgp2 sites gallery submitters. To me it seemed like it took along time to run for only being 2k to 6k of emails.
    It just finished a bit ago. Ended up taking 30 minutes.
    Is that about right or is that a little long?
    What should the norm be?
    Thanks in advance
    Oz
    Techie Media Web Hosting
  • Tipsy
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2001
    • 6989

    #2
    I got 2 copies of it! Anyone get more than this?
    Ignorance is never bliss.

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    • lamrobertson
      Confirmed User
      • Oct 2002
      • 475

      #3
      What program did you use to send? That is a bit long.

      Lorna

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      • FuqALot
        Confirmed User
        • Dec 2001
        • 3817

        #4
        Sending 6000 emails shouldn't really take longer than about 6-7 minutes.

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        • alcorp
          Registered User
          • Jan 2003
          • 65

          #5
          With the right program , it shoud take about 5 mins using a 56k connection , I use group mail from Aureate

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          • OzKaNoz
            Confirmed User
            • Jan 2001
            • 1834

            #6
            Sorry Tipsy
            A few webmasters may have gotten to copies of the email.
            Not sure why unless the emil addy was in the database more then once.
            Sorry if anyone else got dupes on the email.
            I didn't mean for that to happen, just wanted to inform submitters about rule changes.

            lamrobertson
            The email thing is part of the tgp script I use. And it just go thru a POP3 using send mail. Nothing high tech.


            FuqALot
            That's what I was thinking also. It did seem a bit long.

            Thanks
            Oz
            Techie Media Web Hosting

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            • lamrobertson
              Confirmed User
              • Oct 2002
              • 475

              #7
              Go get group mail! Its only around 80 bucks. For that many emails it would be alot quicker for you!

              Lorna

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              • Tipsy
                Confirmed User
                • Jul 2001
                • 6989

                #8
                OzKaNoz,

                Please don't apologize. It wasn't a problem as it was a one off and I fully understand your frustration with the gallery spammers who hit a site with their crap regardless of any rules. Unfortunately few if any who do it will even have got that e-mail in front of them to read.

                I probably got two copies from doing something like typing a different e-mail address in. I try to stick to one for subbing but many moons ago I switched due to spam problems so it's probably just that you have two of mine.

                Just wondering if anyone could beat two!
                Ignorance is never bliss.

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                • Apollo
                  Confirmed User
                  • Sep 2002
                  • 433

                  #9
                  Much depends on the email you're sending out and your outbound connection (not to mention your DNS's ability to resolve domains but that's a minor point).

                  Especially if you're sending out HTML based emails, on average they can be 10-30k per email if not more.....if you're sending out 5,000 of those that's 5-15MB of data that you're sending. I've seen people send out 100k HTML emails and wonder why it took nearly a day to send to just a few thousand people (they were on 56k dialup) =)

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                  • The Other Steve
                    Confirmed User
                    • Dec 2001
                    • 2106

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Tipsy
                    I got 2 copies of it! Anyone get more than this?
                    I never got any - but then I didn't like his button anyway
                    Left intentionally blank ... just like my brain

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                    • stanton
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Jun 2002
                      • 2640

                      #11
                      IT WOULD TAKE ME LESS THEN A MINUTE

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                      • OzKaNoz
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jan 2001
                        • 1834

                        #12
                        Originally posted by The Other Steve


                        I never got any - but then I didn't like his button anyway
                        What's wrong with my button?


                        Tipsy
                        Thanks

                        Apollo
                        It was just sent as text. I do have the HTML option but don't use it because I don't like HTML emails myself.

                        Oz
                        Techie Media Web Hosting

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