XF 2.1 Mass emails

[djbaxter]

When you send out a mass email to a large number of members, does Xenforo stagger them in some way, queuing them and sending them in batches, or does it send them all out at the same time?

 

[Paul B]

Email is queued but there isn't a defined rate or cap - XF will just process the queue until it is empty.

 

[frm]

After that, if you use your own server to send mail, it's up to you to configure your mail transfer agent (MTA) such as postfix or sendmail to queue and send out slowly to not get banned.

If you use SMTP like Amazon SES, you just have to get with your provider to increase or decrease your sending rate so that some aren't blocked from being sent if, let's say, XF throws out 1000 in a second and that'd exceed your per-second limit.

 

[delicatebobster]

After that, if you use your own server to send mail, it's up to you to configure your mail transfer agent (MTA) such as postfix or sendmail to queue and send out slowly to not get banned.

If you use SMTP like Amazon SES, you just have to get with your provider to increase or decrease your sending rate so that some aren't blocked from being sent if, let's say, XF throws out 1000 in a second and that'd exceed your per-second limit.

I started to use Amazon SES to send emails it's the cheapest at $100 for 1millon emails, but make sure you clean your email list with https://debounce.io first otherwise you risk getting your account closed due to too many bounced emails.

 

[Max Taxable]

I started to use Amazon SES to send emails it's the cheapest at $100 for 1millon emails, but make sure you clean your email list with https://debounce.io first otherwise you risk getting your account closed due to too many bounced emails.

I'd be pretty queasy about giving my user's email addresses to 3rd parties like debounce. Especially without their permission.

 

[frm]

I started to use Amazon SES to send emails it's the cheapest at $100 for 1millon emails, but make sure you clean your email list with https://debounce.io first otherwise you risk getting your account closed due to too many bounced emails.

I want to say that SES has a way to manage bounced emails where when they do bounce, they can be sent back to a specific box.

Then you configure XF in ACP > Setup > Options > Email options > "Automated bounced email handler" to prevent future bounces to handle those so there aren't repeats.

I would have to doublecheck how I did it though.

 

[Slavik]

I started to use Amazon SES to send emails it's the cheapest at $100 for 1millon emails, but make sure you clean your email list with https://debounce.io first otherwise you risk getting your account closed due to too many bounced emails.

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