Send Mass Emails Using the Mailqueue System
 

Send Mass Emails Using the Mailqueue System 1.0

I recently changed where I send emails for my forum from. I had been using by server and now switched to an outside place. I found that sending a mass email would take FOREVER since it would take a few seconds per email it had to send out.

I had my vb setting of "Use Mailqueue System" set to 'Yes' but I realized it was NOT using the queue.

I found the way to enable the queue and sending mass emails takes me just a few seconds now! (This hack makes sending emails from your own server much faster also.)

This hack enables the vb queue only if you have 'Use Mailqueue System' turned on. Sending mass emails will take you a few seconds instead of minutes of hours!

Installation:

Open file 'admincp/email.php'.

Search for:

CHANGE it to:

it would be great if we could send an html file ...to be sent tru the queue manager...

Sounds interesting, thanks.

This could be just what I was looking for... thanks, Abe1! ;)

Not sure how this is different from? Would def like to know as it seems easier :D

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=133844

Many thanks in advance :)

Didn't see that one but there are may diffs I think. I took a quick look only. That seems to use a cron system rather then the regular queue. If you have a lot of members on your site at once, then my hack would send emails much faster. Also, if you have very few people on your site, his may slow up.

He will only send 10 a min. and you need users to trigger the min. By me, you need the users to trigger but it goes for every trigger, not just once a min.

See this hack (Pluggin)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=137593

Nice hack

It use to take 30 Minz to send emails to 10k users wid this hack it took not even 2 minz

Thanks

Aweome.. I really am thankful to you for making my life easier.

Hi Abe,

So, let me ask, one cannot send HTML formatted emails through this? I have a custom mod that allows me to send HTML emails through the vB system. LMK if this would work.

I have no idea if it would work with it or not.

i installed this but when i want to send emails i get this error :

any idea ?

Make sure you did the edit 100% correct. You may have added or deleted something extra.

Abe1, I've just installed it, thank you. I'll be testing it soon. Should I have to modify any of my settings in my admincp ?

Just make sure you use the setting on how to sends emails is set to use the queue.

Yes it works perfectly fine.

Why aint this default in vb?

No clue.

Or maybe, because they dont think you want mass email clogging the queue.

WOW, used it today, e-mail sent to over 2000 members in about 2 seconds, thank you very much :)

Very nice that this is compatible with sending html emails via AdminCP! Great share!
Now I have a stoopid question: My vB isn't set to use the Mailqueue System --- Do I need this set to "Yes" before this hack works?

Anyway - Thanx = Very useful mod! = INSTALLED

Jacquii.

Yes.

See my hack for this.

Thanx ABE ;)

Jacquii.

Installed Thanks!

And what should i set

To????

Anything you want. It will go really quick so you can send like 1000-5000. This setting would be to make the emails and added them to the mail queue.

Just wanted to let everyone know that this works with vb 3.6.7. PL1 as well.

Abe1,

on my Linux RedHat9, vb 3.6.7 PL1, I installed the mod and am attaching a screen capture of the Mailqueue YES radion button selected, and a copy of my admincp/email.php

:confused: did I miss something?

When I tried to send an email to my members, the very normal process of mail sending to 500 members at a time started as before..... is this expected ?

I dont know. Do you know if it is going into the database or not?

the emails goes in a second but takes more time to be delivered

Could this Get messed up and cause me not to receive my emails when a new paid subscription is received , I have not got an email for the last 3 subscribers ?

DM

This has nothing to do with paid subscriptions.

OK ,

BTW Im using this Hack and sending emails to users is still hit and miss , I have to set it to 100 at a time , then keep hitting next to show the next 100 then a few times it will just load and load then go to a Bad Response from server , Then i hit back page and then next again and it usually goes ,,,

Sending the Mass emails is a PITA , I had hoped this would help me but the issues are the exact same . I cant see where this mod has done anything at all

*upsetwithmyemailsystem

DM

Do you have the setting to use the mail queue system right now?

Set To Yes with no Locking

Set to 10

NO

What do i need to do to get this to work right?

That first option should make this thing work.

Can you verify in your database if the emails are actually going into queue.

thanks


Installed OK ;)

How Can i manage this? I have a shared Server @ Network Solutions

The the mail queue table in phpmyadmin.

OK ill check that out before and after I send them

I was talking with my host and they said I cannot send more than 100 EMails at the same time from the server or more than 1000 Per 24hours

Maybe this has something to do with my issues here

Unfortunately, I can't really say that I recommend this. I'm on a dual Xeon dedicated server with a very large forum (around 98,000 members, 66,700 of which have opted to receive my messages), and this brought my server to a crawl. Server loads spiked to 120+ only seconds after sending a few thousand messages. This may work great for smaller boards, but it looks like us larger forum owners are still going to be left to find other email solutions on our own.