"Email Throttling" ? Help :(

[pythonimp]

Ok so My host won't allow me to send more than 500 emails per hour, is there a way to throttle emails to 500 per hour?

Is there a way to set this on default 3.8.x or is there a mod to do this?

Please let me know, it's important!


Thank you in advance guys!

-Pythonimp

 

[Grinderhand]

AdminCP -> vBulletin Options-> Email Options -> Use Mailqueue System -> set to Yes

AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> Email Options -> Number Of Emails To Send Per Batch

 

[pythonimp]

Ok and when it says "Per batch"

Do I have to send it multiple times? Or does that automatically send 500 per hour until all emails are sent?


Please let me know, and thanks for the response!

 

[Grinderhand]

I believe it works on a cron job, possibly the hourly cleanup. Yes, it's automatic.

Don't forget to click thanks

 

[pythonimp]

So should I set up a cron job for it? Or what?

I'm still pretty confused.

I did this:
AdminCP -> vBulletin Options-> Email Options -> Use Mailqueue System -> set to Yes
AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> Email Options -> Number Of Emails To Send Per Batch

Now what do I do to set it where it sends only 500 per hour, EVERY hour until each member has received it. BUT I do not want to send duplicates to users, you know what i'm saying?

 

[Grinderhand]

You don't have to set a cron job for it. If you set Number Of Emails To Send Per Batch to 500, that's what it will do per hour.

EDIT: It works off the cron in the footer of your template, so every time someone loads a new page, it sends out a batch. Best to set the batch size to like 10 or so if your forum gets lots of traffic. Use your own judgment on that according to your traffic.

 

[pythonimp]

Yeah, I've got over 5700 users, so I should set the batch to like.. 5 or 10, because if I set it to 500, a shit ton of emails would be sent out, WAY more than my host enjoys, and they will shut me down.

 

[Grinderhand]

Not to mention how it would slow your site down sending 500 emails every time a page is l-o-a-d-i-n-g.