[support] Mass E-Mail in Drupal 7

Wed May 29 04:06:24 UTC 2013

Hi Drupal Experts
Can anybody point out how do we implement queueing in Drupal when we want
to send more emails...

kamal

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Steve Kessler
<skessler at denverdataman.com>wrote:

> Kamal,
>
> I will be honest I do not know how to profile what the max would be for
> Drupal.  I would think that it would depend on a lot of factors from how
> busy the site is to how messages are being sent etc.
>
> Message uses the Drupal Batch API for its queues I believe.
>
> Sorry I cannot be of more help.
>
> -Steve
>
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Kamal Palei <palei.kamal at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve
>> In your earlier mail you mentioned, "Drupal will not put a limit. If you
>> are sending lots of emails consider running them in a queue.  You might
>> want to look at message module and Views Bulk Operations.  This might be a
>> good way to get the emails out of Drupal. "
>>
>> I tried to look at message module, looks it is large one.
>> Can you give some idea how the queue stuff is implemented. Is it that I
>> will store details in mysql and will dispatch mails at certain
>> intervals..., I am new to these things, kindly give me more details..
>>
>> And I assume, if I use mandrill or Amazon SES, probably queueing is not
>> required as I read Amazon SES does queuing itself (read from SES
>> documentation), Mandrill not sure.
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Kamal
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Steve Kessler <
>> skessler at denverdataman.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry I was not clearer with why you would want to use an external
>>> service.  These systems are designed just for sending email and they do it
>>> very well.
>>>
>>> Mandrill (www.mandrill.com) is free for the first 12K emails per-month.
>>> There is a module that implements the full API or you can also just SMTP.
>>>
>>> -Steve
>>> On May 28, 2013 5:13 AM, "Vinay Yadav" <vinay at vinayras.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> You can find more information at http://aws.amazon.com/ses/
>>>>
>>>> Amazon SES is a paid service where you pay per 1000 emails sent.
>>>>
>>>> You can send as many emails you want - but there are certain limits,
>>>> you can read them on the website.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Vinay
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Kamal Palei <palei.kamal at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Vinay
>>>>> Thanks for clear explanation. Some more inputs please...
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Amason SES - Is it a paid service or free service
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Where from I will get configuration details
>>>>>
>>>>> I assume it will allow us infinite number of emails per day. Is it the
>>>>> case...
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>> kamal
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Vinay Yadav <vinay at vinayras.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve is referring to Amason SES. You can send large amount of emails
>>>>>> through Amazon even without hosting your website with them. You need to
>>>>>> configure your sending server.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If  you have to send large amount of emails, then SES is the best
>>>>>> option.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Vinay
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Kamal Palei <palei.kamal at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Steve
>>>>>>> Could not understand last part.
>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>> "Mandrill and Amazon mail service both have integrations with Drupal
>>>>>>> so you do not need to be concerned about your ISP. "
>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>> How it will be helpful?
>>>>>>> One need to host his site with Amazon (and it is costly), then only
>>>>>>> it will be useful..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Say somebody like me, who has gone with GoDady , incase we need to
>>>>>>> send lots of mails per day, so most probably ISP associated with GoDady may
>>>>>>> block it.., am I right here, only option I need to talk to GoDady guys and
>>>>>>> buy more email options..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> kamal
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Steve Kessler <
>>>>>>> skessler at denverdataman.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Drupal will not put a limit. If you are sending lots of emails
>>>>>>>> consider running them in a queue.  You might want to look at message module
>>>>>>>> and Views Bulk Operations.  This might be a good way to get the emails out
>>>>>>>> of Drupal.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mandrill and Amazon mail service both have integrations with Drupal
>>>>>>>> so you do not need to be concerned about your ISP.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Steve
>>>>>>>> On May 28, 2013 12:36 AM, "Kamal Palei" <palei.kamal at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Mihamina Rakotomandimby
>>>>>>>>> The email addresses are dynamic. I search on certain cafeterias,
>>>>>>>>> filter users and then send email. So mail group option is not possible in
>>>>>>>>> this case.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just I wanted to know is there any limitation how many emails we
>>>>>>>>> can send at a time. Does ISP put any restriction anyway.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>>>>> kamal
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby <
>>>>>>>>> mihamina at rktmb.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 2013-05-28 08:20, Kamal Palei wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > Dear All
>>>>>>>>>> > I have some doubt regarding mass email in Drupal.
>>>>>>>>>> > Lets say I want to send mass email to 5000 users at a time from
>>>>>>>>>> a custom
>>>>>>>>>> > module.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Is setting up a mailing list with dedicated software an
>>>>>>>>>> alternative?
>>>>>>>>>> Say Mailman, for example.
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