Need help with mail

[.QUACK.Major.Pain]

I tried mass email on my new server, and didn't receive naything to my forum account, so I went into cPanel to check my email accounts. and found that none of the emails were sent.

I have about 2000 members for starters.
The reply I got was:

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

[url=mailto:baggyjeans123@usa-11.com]baggyjeans123@usa-11.com[/url]
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<baggyjeans123>:
host sitemail.everyone.net [216.200.145.235]:
550 Recipient Rejected: Account Inactive
[url=mailto:naomi.reeve@comcast.com]naomi.reeve@comcast.com[/url]
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<naomi>:
host mx3.comcast.com [24.40.8.248]: 550 Mailbox unavailable or access denied - <naomi>
[url=mailto:gravitykills52000@att.net]gravitykills52000@att.net[/url]
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<gravitykills52000>:
host scc-mailrelay.att.net [204.127.208.75]: 550 [SUSPEND] Mailbox currently suspended - Please contact correspondent directly
[url=mailto:oscarmain1@hotmail.com]oscarmain1@hotmail.com[/url]
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<oscarmain1>:
host mx4.hotmail.com [65.54.245.104]: 550 Requested action not taken:
mailbox unavailable
[url=mailto:tnt995@hotmail.com]tnt995@hotmail.com[/url]
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<tnt995>:
host mx4.hotmail.com [65.54.245.104]: 550 Requested action not taken:
mailbox unavailable
[url=mailto:breckdemers@hotmail.com]breckdemers@hotmail.com[/url]
(ultimately generated from [url=mailto:breckdemers@hotmail.com]breckdemers@hotmail.com[/url]
(ultimately generated from [url=mailto:stuffupforgrab@hotmail.com]stuffupforgrab@hotmail.com[/url]
(ultimately generated from [url=mailto:24hrsatellites@live.ca]24hrsatellites@live.ca[/url]
(ultimately generated from [url=mailto:joeydeplum@hotmail.com]joeydeplum@hotmail.com[/url]
Domain aaquacks.com has exceeded the max emails per hour (250) allowed. Message discarded.
<a>revrolet@netzero.net</a>
Domain aaquacks.com has exceeded the max emails per hour (250) allowed. Message discarded.

I do see I can only email 250 and hour.
But what is with the first several?
Is there a problem, or is this just because of exceeding my limits?

[sanji]

I, too, had several problem with the mass email function.

http://www.integramod.com/forum/viewtop ... =18&t=5178

Not that 250 limit, though, so this is probably host related.

Finally, I decided to export the email addresses and send an email via outlook... Less practical, but at least working.

sanji

[.QUACK.Major.Pain]

Sounds like a work around.

Is it easy to export just the email addresses and import them into something like Windows Live mail to create a mailing list?

[.QUACK.Major.Pain]

I was told a mod Mega Mail will allow mass emailing in bunches.

Found it here: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 16&t=92275

If someone wants to look it over and come up with something that can be used with Integramod, that would be super.

[.QUACK.Major.Pain]

The above is for phpbb2 sites.

This is for phpbb3 sites: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 9&t=692895

Might be useful for Helter on the upcoming version.

Seems mass emailing is frowned on because sending out 1 email to 1000 or so members, is a no no by those like Yahoo, Hotmail and others. They will ban your server, domain and ip for spamming.
Apparently these 2 mods allow you to set the max number of members to mail to at one time so not to cause you problems.

Basically what these mods do, is if you have 5000 members, and your host only allows 350 emails per hour, you can change the settings in the ACP to accomodate. You set it up to send max members of 350 or whatever your host limits are, and the delay between emails (in my case 60minss). Then when you send a mass email, it will send 1 email to 350 members, and 60mins later it will send 350 more, and so on until all are sent.
Only problem with this would be, that if 1 single email is sent by your site, from person to person, or reply to thread notification, it would put you at 351 emails in 60mins, which goes over my limit.

Therefore setting it to say 300 instead of 350, will allow for your site to function and gives you a cushion to allow for other emails.

[sanji]

So far, I exported the email addresses via phpmyadmin. Fast and reliable.

sanji

[.QUACK.Major.Pain]

How many emails?

I am over 2000 members now.

[.QUACK.Major.Pain]

I found Mega Mail and installed it.

Posted it here: http://integramod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5257

Maybe the guys can fix the ACP to add a link.

Seems to be working, but I frigged it up and put 60 instead of 3600 for the time delay, and I have to wait an hour to test it again. Maxed my email limit. LOL