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 Post subject: freehostia email limitations
PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 4:41 pm 
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Once you get email working, here are some considerations

1) emails from a php script arrive late or disappear all together
2) emailing once every 15 minutes is straining freehostia smtp server (?!)

I have a value hosting plan. I am sending an email from a php script every 15 minutes. About 30% of the emails don't quickly show up at the destination email server. About 10% of the emails never seem to arrive (20% arrive up to 24 hours late).

I opened a ticket regarding this, and the answer is there is nothing wrong with freehostia servers. On further questioning, I was told one email every 15 minutes is too much for freehostia smtp server. My application potentially will need to send maybe 30 emails every 15 minutes.

Obviously this is unacceptable if you are relying on sending alot of emails with your freehostia account. Just thought people should be aware of this before you spend money on an account here.

Admins feel free to jump in and correct me if I'm mistaken!
-Andy


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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 5:00 pm 
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There is a security and permanent restriction in order to prevent our SMTP server to be used for sending SPAM.

Thank you for you understanding regarding this case.


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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:01 pm 
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Ok, so there is some SPAM protection going on, not an overloaded smtp server, that sounds more likely to me.

Please tell us what the outgoing email limit is so we don't hit it. Is there a limit per hour, per day, or what?
thanks
-Andy


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PostPosted: Fri May 23, 2008 5:03 pm 
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Thanks Andy, you always provide a good answer.

Still don't understand why email has delays when sent from freehostia smtp server. I switched to using gmail's smtp server (500 email limit per day) for more reliable and timely email:


<?php
require_once "Mail.php";

$from = "Sandra Sender <sender@example.com>";
$to = "Ramona Recipient <recipient@example.com>";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

$host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com";
$port = "465";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";

$headers = array ('From' => $from,
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
array ('host' => $host,
'port' => $port,
'auth' => true,
'username' => $username,
'password' => $password));

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
} else {
echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
}
?>

reference: http://email.about.com/od/emailprogramm ... 073006.htm


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