I try this on our site and seding 50k emails dont overload the server any more thanks .

Thank you for writing this Mod. I just downloaded it and will be installing it soon. I have been using the YABB forum for several years and just installed VB and VBadvanced. I was never able to use the YABB email system and thought I would have the same problem with VB (untill I found your Mod). If anyone is curious... I use aplus.net and their mail limitation is 500 per 1/2 hour.

HostGator has changed the email limits to 500 per hour now.

http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=26795

is there a how to use for this modification
where are the settings :confused:
how to adjust the settings :confused:
etc etc etc etc:confused :confused:

it would save noobs like me hours of searching in the thousends of settings of the vB :(

That is great news. Thanks for sharing.


AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Email Options > Number of Emails to Send Per Batch

SVT

thnx m8 and the time inteval :confused:
and is this all :confused:
so i can start sending my members a update on some things ?
no longer i need to stay up for a couple of hours just to push the button 1000 times :mad:

If you put 25 in there, it will send out 25 emails every 10 minutes resulting in 150 per hour.

SVT

1. BUG: when using mysql slave server there is an SQL error while importing the product (it tries to issue UPDATE command to a slave server)
2. GREAT MOD: I have 220.000 users in newsletter and it took me 10 minutes to batch the newsletter. You saved 3 hours of my time, which I can now consume on drinking the toast to you ;)

This does not run any SQL commands when its installed (unless vbulletin itself runs some, in which case thats a generic vb bug).

so the time is preset to 1 min??
if so why not a how to with the files that explains some things

Why not read the first post.

Another Host Gator user here who is very happy with this hack as it saves me having to worry about the mass mails that go out from the site automatically for innactive users etc...

Many thanks :D

thats the problem otherwise i would not ask
i dont understand what it say
i dont see any settings
so maybe there should be a good howto for all these hacks and mods
then we would not have to ask so many questions

Hi Paul

My mail processing stopped this night. I have checked database - everything seems to be fine (mailqueue and datastore tables are repaired and returned OK). I see no error logged in apache log. I see no error while trying to invoke scheduled task manually. Mailing works just fine (registration emails and bad posts reports are being sent).
Where to dig now? Over 50.000 mails are waiting in the pipe...

EDIT: I have found erroneous record in mailqueue (partly cut text). Truncating mailqueue helped.

:confused: now i see some mail thing in the admin pannel see atachment

why not a good howto for this hack please
so we can use it and edit the settings
and some explanation where the settings are located


if there is any member who knows these things please pm me so i can get in touch with some one who knows how this thing works :up:

This is because you have installed Antivirus's plugin, which shows queue stats on Admin Control Panel. There is no settings for this. It will just show your mail queue stats. However you can edit two options.

1. Admin Control Panel > vBulletin Options > Email Options

2. Admin Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks > Scheduled Task Manager

I'm glad i found this hack, thanks Paul!

Btw, i also have this hack installed. Does it have anything to do with yours?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=123719

Another question...

Let's say i sent 100.000 emails to my members using "Send email to users" function and i have the default settings (600 emails per hour) enabled. It'll take about 7 days to finish sending emails? In the mean time, users won't receive "password reminder" emails till the queue is free, will they?

Yes, it would take 7 days at that rate. As for password reminders, I suspect they are not queued, but I don't know for sure without looking at the VB code. Subscription emails would be delayed.

Where can I see that option???

In Admin Control Panel Index (./admincp/index.php). Above the Administrator Notes.

Thank you.

Anyone have this working for 3.7? Seems to have been disabled and I just flooded out emails - my host is gonna shoot me (drat!)

There is a 3.7 version in the appropriate forum.

Thanks Paul M! Great work =)

I am so glad I found this hack, It will save me from having to upgrade my hosting to a VPS account to get around my host's 25/minute 600/hour outgoing messages limit and it has stopped my yahoo bounces overnight.

hello,i want set 500messages/hour.
batch setting ........ 10/20/30 ?

80 would be about right (6 x 80 = 480).

Hi Paul
i have a problem using this. I have it installed perfectly and it runs without a problem however my host says it is straining the server when it sends emails.

Basically I had it set to email 10 (batch) ever 10 minutes, basically though it is sending 10 at the same time which is what they are complaining about, basically they dont want me sending more than 1 per second. Sorry if this sounds gibberish but how do i set it to send them by seconds, or cant it be done, I have 2500 members, if i set it to send 1 every 10 minutes it will take forever to email my members.

Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.

There is no way to do that without editing the mail class.

TBH, you seriously need to look for another host if 10 emails is causing them issues.

Hi thanks for the reply, they have told us that we can send 3600 per hour but no more than 1 per second. Unfortunately this system sends them all together, whatever the batch is set at, this is the problem unable to solve :(

"This system" as you call it, is the standard vb mail system. Like I said, the only way to add a delay is to edit the vb mail class.

my server limit us to send just 200 emails per hour. we have about 40000 users and want to send them an newsletter. can I do this with your mod?

regards

Yes, as long as your send it via the vb mail system.

Is it in admincp ? or need any other mod to install?

Is this updated for 3.6.10pl2? I just sent out a ton of emails and got a lot kicked back saying Any ideas on this?

It doesnt need updating, as it says ;

Then why would it stop working? Any ideas?

Because you have changed something. I cannot possible guess what, but nothing just stops working.

edited

How can you purge unsent emails out of the queue? Say you inadvertently send a mass pm and forgot to delete certain usergroups before you sent the pm. How would you purge those before they go out?

Thanks