[support] Mass E-Mail in Drupal 7

Jamie Holly hovercrafter at earthlink.net
Wed May 29 16:09:43 UTC 2013


http://drupal.org/project/queue_mail

Jamie Holly
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On 5/29/2013 12:06 AM, Kamal Palei wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>         <mailto: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 <http://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
>             <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>                         <mailto: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
>                             <mailto: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
>                                 <mailto: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
>                                     <mailto: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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