XF 1.1 Mail users stopps at 200

[polle]

Hi, I am trying to send my users a mail.

I have everything ok and when hit send I get:

Sending 200 / 5000 and it get stalled there, trying to load again but showing same numbers. So its not going forward, just 200 all the time.

How can I fix this ?

Thanks.

 

[polle]

Ok, and the users received over 200 mails each.

I really need to fix this.

 

[craigiri]

Maybe not the correct answer - but does your host put limits on the about of emails you can send using their relays?

Personally, I never trust sending out large email lists using the basics built into CMS or forum packages - I export the email addresses and load them into mailchimp, etc.

 

[polle]

Nope, I have my own server.

 

[MattW]

I sent a mail out to 4,500 users the other day, and they all went through OK. EXIM queued them, and they went out over the space of 3 hours.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

Are you using SendMail or SMTP? If the latter, your email service might have caps. If you are doing it all on the server, check your admin settings.

 

[polle]

Are you using SendMail or SMTP? If the latter, your email service might have caps. If you are doing it all on the server, check your admin settings.

Where exactly can I see that ?

Thanks.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

Do you use a control panel, such as cPanel or Plesk? Settings may be found there.

 

[MattW]

Options --> E-Mail Options

Default will be using sendmail, or SMTP will be configured separately.

 

[polle]

Do you use a control panel, such as cPanel or Plesk? Settings may be found there.

Oh, I thought you were talking about XF admin.

Yes, its plesk and I have all the mail through google, not in the server itself. I had no issues before.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

But that's not where email caps would be set.

 

[polle]

Options --> E-Mail Options

Default will be using sendmail, or SMTP will be configured separately.

Yes, its as default.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

If you're using your Gmail account to send those messages, there are going to be hourly and daily caps. You have to check on Google's site for current restrictions. They may be different for business class Google Apps accounts, which is what i use. You have to check your server if you're using SendMail.

 

[polle]

But that's not where email caps would be set.

Mail is not even active in the server, I am not using it there.

Any advice in where to look ?

 

[Gene Steinberg]

But is it active for your forum mail? If you're not certain what to do, ask your host about the proper settings. It may be easier than to go into Plesk, which is not my personal cup of tea or realm of expertise.

 

[MattW]

Do any e-mails get sent from the forum? I'd have thought that if it's set to default, then it will be using sendmail via php on the server to send the mails. I have mine set up to send via SMTP, which if you were using google to send the mails, this would need to be set via the ACP?

 

[polle]

But is it active for your forum mail? If you're not certain what to do, ask your host about the proper settings. It may be easier than to go into Plesk, which is not my personal cup of tea or realm of expertise.

I did, will wait to see what can be done here.

Thanks.

 

[polle]

Do any e-mails get sent from the forum? I'd have thought that if it's set to default, then it will be using sendmail via php on the server to send the mails. I have mine set up to send via SMTP, which if you were using google to send the mails, this would need to be set via the ACP?

It seems that the first 200 users, then the loop started.

What should I change ?

 

[MattW]

It seems that the first 200 users, then the loop started.

What should I change ?

This is what I've got set. I run cpanel, and have the forum connect via SMTP using the below settings:

 

[bambua]

I did some googling and it looks like google apps/gmail caps at 500 per day. You might want to see if your hosting provider/isp have a SMTP you can use to send the e-mail. A lot of times they do.

You can also consider something like: http://www.smtp.com/pricing-plans?u...=+smtp+relay&gclid=CPul1-jr6a4CFQvGKgodiHOXIA

It would let you set up a DNS name and have all your mail come from a server with that.