I've few doubts; i m asking 2 problem here.

1st, can we use PHP for maintaining mailing-lists. Say, we've 1000 users, need be e-mailed a subscription newsletter i.e. $message is same, loop through e-mail array in db.
2nd, Web site search. We maintain database after reading files using PHP -n- manipulate results from db.

Question is, if PHP is a solution4these problems, also, when users' ( 1 ), keywords' ( 2 ) dbs grow big! There is also a limit of a PHP script execution. In 1st case, PHP has to parse, suppose 10k subscribers, -n- generate 10k e-mail4sendmail program.

Is PHP feasible4such things.
What else, is a better -n- professionally used solution.
I don't know CGI? Perl?

Please discuss.

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i am pretty sure you can send to multiple emails at the same time with the built-in mail function, but will your server allow you to send to 50 or 1000 people is something you have to check with the webservice provider.

mail('[email protected],[email protected],somein3@yah oo.com,[email protected]',$message,$subject,$head ers);



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OK, generating 1k e-mail4sendmail program is really a nonsense; or may not be permitted. Then how can be e-mails generated in bathces. Also mail() opens/closes mail-server socket for each request; it'll be surely inefficient.
PHPlist is a program to manage such a need; but I may write a custom PHP ( or CGI ) script myself :D

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