Server send mail limits

bestsiteeditor has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Server send mail limits by Anonymous Monk on Feb 04, 2011 at 09:49 UTC
How to override this limit problem? You pay your host to increase the limit Obviously my client will have more than 60 mails to send and I could not make him wait and click every 5 minutes. You don't make the human client wait, instead, you schedule a program (cron) to send 60 mails every 5 minutes, until all the emails are sent.	[reply]
Re: Server send mail limits by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 04, 2011 at 09:50 UTC
Get a better host or a better hosting provider. Also see Mail::Bulkmail or simply make your script run in the background instead from a web page. See Watching Long Processes through CGI.	[reply]
Re: Server send mail limits by moritz (Cardinal) on Feb 04, 2011 at 09:53 UTC
Trying to get around limitations of your hoster is impolite, likely a breach of contract and the best way to make your host terminate your contract. Why not just talk to the host, explain your situation and ask what could be done about it? Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply]
Re: Server send mail limits by cjb (Friar) on Feb 04, 2011 at 10:22 UTC
As others have said, find a better hosting provider, or live by their rules. No reason you can't count the number of emails as you send them and then `sleep (300)` when you get to 50/60 (I'd say 50/55 assuming your client is sending other mail during the same period)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Server send mail limits by roboticus (Chancellor) on Feb 04, 2011 at 11:00 UTC
bestsiteeditor: You could always get a third-party email relay server, such as Unified EMail. (Note: I have no relationship with them, other than being a customer.) ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]
Re: Server send mail limits by Jenda (Abbot) on Feb 04, 2011 at 13:33 UTC
Max 60 emails or max 60 recipients? Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply]
Re: Server send mail limits by hsinclai (Deacon) on Feb 04, 2011 at 18:55 UTC
You should try a 3rd party provider like http://sailthru.com/ which will simplify your local programming, give you a load more of features around mail sending, and allow you to scale at a cheap cost, rather than battling your SP who is setting limits to protect their own infrastructure.	[reply]