ChrisVanMeer Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I would like for IPS to hold the same options as other forums do and that is to supply a batch size on how many email notifications should be sent at once. This size is configurable for bulk mails, but I would like to see it as a general setting. The hosting provider that houses our forum (and we have a long contract with them) has a slow phpMailer / SMTP response. This resulted in a very slow response when replying to topics (verified by Support). So for now I have disabled the email notifications altogether. On the old forum (phpBB) I had a way to send emails in burst (i.e. 20 at once). Maybe - if supported enough by others - this can make it to a new release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADMAN32395 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 If you're worried about speed. Why not setup a free account at Sparkpost? 50k daily, 100k monthly. What I've seen, works great. Wouldn't have to worry about hosts phpmail problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar1973Man Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 The problem I run into is Microsoft mail providers. If you send too many emails out in one batch and hit too many hotmail.com, msn.com etc. You get blacklisted as a spammer. The software needs a limit to how many it sends in a batch. I've quit with emailing newsletters because it just a fricking pain in the tail to fight email providers everything they decide to blacklist my domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Matt Posted January 2, 2018 Management Share Posted January 2, 2018 As of 4.2.7, there is a new constant 'NOTIFICATIONS_PER_BATCH' which controls this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVanMeer Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Thanks Matt!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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