Mailing list limits?

PetePuma · March 6th, 2007, 7:53 AM

Hi all, I have what I think is an easy question. Our neighborhood civic association has a simple website and a mailing list of about 280 members on another host (I inherited this mess about a year ago.)

We have fairly regular problems with our host over the size of this list -- sending a message exceeds our current host's 100 email messages per hour limit. In the past we've been able to get this lifted, but this is the 3rd or 4th time this has happened and now they are telling us we need to get a dedicated server. This is way out of our budget -- we send maybe 20-30 emails a YEAR on this list, but when we do send them, we need it to go to 300 people.

So, I have 2 questions:

1) Are there similar mails/per/hour limitations? (And do those limitations apply to mailing lists?)

2) Is there a limit on the number of lists? We have 2 (the 2nd is only about 30 people, but is higher traffic, maybe 20-30 messages a month.)

Thanks,

Joe

**DewKnight** · March 6th, 2007, 10:48 AM

I believe the limits on emails are 300 per hour on shared hosting.

A dedicated server would always be best if you can afford it. Surpass has some really good prices. You can also consider VPS, where you get a big chunk of the server, and I don't think there is a mailing limit.

**puckchaser** · March 6th, 2007, 11:30 AM

PetePuma

Here's a suggestion from an economic standpoint... why not go with a free group mailing list like Yahoo Groups or Google Groups? It would seem that for 2 to 3 emails a month, you could use a free service. They are easy to administer, and you could make them announcement only.

Just my $.02 .

PC

PetePuma · March 6th, 2007, 9:14 PM

We have considered that route (we used to have a Yahoo group, but they had a number of email issues so we moved -- ha). I'll check out Google again.

**puckchaser** · March 7th, 2007, 10:20 AM

PetePuma

I did find out something about phpList. You can configure it to meet the 300/hour limits.

http://docs.phplist.com/PhpListConfigSendRate

And you can do an easy install from Fantastico.

So, you can keep your shared hosting plan, and stay within the 300/hour limits.

PC

March 6th, 2007, 7:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
PetePuma Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jan 2006 7 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Mailing list limits? Hi all, I have what I think is an easy question. Our neighborhood civic association has a simple website and a mailing list of about 280 members on another host (I inherited this mess about a year ago.) We have fairly regular problems with our host over the size of this list -- sending a message exceeds our current host's 100 email messages per hour limit. In the past we've been able to get this lifted, but this is the 3rd or 4th time this has happened and now they are telling us we need to get a dedicated server. This is way out of our budget -- we send maybe 20-30 emails a YEAR on this list, but when we do send them, we need it to go to 300 people. So, I have 2 questions: 1) Are there similar mails/per/hour limitations? (And do those limitations apply to mailing lists?) 2) Is there a limit on the number of lists? We have 2 (the 2nd is only about 30 people, but is higher traffic, maybe 20-30 messages a month.) Thanks, Joe

March 6th, 2007, 10:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
DewKnight Skittles Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Lives in a space ship Hosted on dedi 6,815 posts Gave thanks: 101 Thanked 199 times	I believe the limits on emails are 300 per hour on shared hosting. A dedicated server would always be best if you can afford it. Surpass has some really good prices. You can also consider VPS, where you get a big chunk of the server, and I don't think there is a mailing limit. __________________ Mountain Dew Knight People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

March 6th, 2007, 11:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
puckchaser He shoots.. He scores! Super #1 Joined in Feb 2007 Lives in A room with no windows. Hosted on SH110 1,448 posts Gave thanks: 46 Thanked 140 times	PetePuma Here's a suggestion from an economic standpoint... why not go with a free group mailing list like Yahoo Groups or Google Groups? It would seem that for 2 to 3 emails a month, you could use a free service. They are easy to administer, and you could make them announcement only. Just my $.02 . PC __________________ SH110

March 7th, 2007, 10:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
puckchaser He shoots.. He scores! Super #1 Joined in Feb 2007 Lives in A room with no windows. Hosted on SH110 1,448 posts Gave thanks: 46 Thanked 140 times	PetePuma I did find out something about phpList. You can configure it to meet the 300/hour limits. http://docs.phplist.com/PhpListConfigSendRate And you can do an easy install from Fantastico. So, you can keep your shared hosting plan, and stay within the 300/hour limits. PC __________________ SH110

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March 6th, 2007, 9:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
PetePuma Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jan 2006 7 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	We have considered that route (we used to have a Yahoo group, but they had a number of email issues so we moved -- ha). I'll check out Google again.

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