Bastien Koert <phpster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Don Wieland <donw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I built a system in PHP/mySQL where a group of users post events, >sign-up >> for events, change their arrival times, remove thier names from >events, and >> post related notes on the events. Each time an action is done, an >email is >> generated to the entire group that their has been a change. Pretty >standard >> stuff... >> >> Today I just got an Mail Delivery System email with this error: >> >> Domain dwdcweb.info has exceeded the max emails per hour (350/350 >(100%)) >> allowed. Message will be reattempted later >> >> I contacted my VPS provider and they just alerted me that there is a >limit >> on how many emails my server can send per hour. >> >> They recommended I find a 3rd party service provider with support PHP >API >> connections. >> >> My budget is limited. Does anyone have any suggestions of companies >that >> might work for my scenario? >> >> Any feedback is appreciated ;-) >> >> Don >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > >Amazon has an email service you can plug in to with php > >http://aws.amazon.com/ses/ > > >-- > >Bastien > >Cat, the other other white meat > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Rather than send an email to the group right away, could you not store up messages and send them out with more than one change in? So if person A creates an event, and person B and C sign to attend, your system would hold on and post all 3 messages in the same email. Facebook has a similar system to reduce the number of emails it sends. I tell you, its appreciated by the recipients too more often than not! Thanks, Ash http://ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php