Administrative and Maintenance Tools - 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:

PHP Code:

vbmail($user['email'], $vbulletin->GPC['subject'], $sendmessage, true, $vbulletin->GPC['from']); 


CHANGE it to:

PHP Code:

vbmail($user['email'], $vbulletin->GPC['subject'], $sendmessage, false, $vbulletin->GPC['from']); 


Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

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[Abe1]

Originally Posted by DiesellMinded

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.

[DieselMinded]

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

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by DiesellMinded

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?

[DieselMinded]

When enabled, subscription emails generated by your site will be processed in batches to lessen the load on your server. Account activation, lost passwords and other vital emails are sent instantly regardless of this setting. If your site has low traffic, subscription emails may be delayed.

If you have a large site, you may wish to enable locking. This prevents a rare situation where the same email is sent multiple times.

Set To Yes with no Locking

vBulletin includes a mail queuing system to prevent bottlenecks when sending lots of email. Use this option to specify how many emails will be sent per batch.

Set to 10

Set this option to yes to use an SMTP server rather than the internal PHP mail() function.

NO

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

[Abe1]

That first option should make this thing work.

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

[Concha]

thanks


Installed OK

[DieselMinded]

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

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

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by DiesellMinded

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

The the mail queue table in phpmyadmin.

[DieselMinded]

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

[LanciaStratos]

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.