Outgoing Email Limitations

  • Resolved 11whyohwhy15

    (@11whyohwhy15)


    6 years, 10 months ago

    Settings/General/Outgoing Email Limitations

    Can you tell me exactly what this is for ?

    For instance I have 5,000 subscribers so do I change the 100 to 5000 ?

    Or is it for how many emails I send to each individual subscriber ? eg. 1 email subscription plus 1 newsletter = 2 – so change the 100 to 2 ?

    A little confusing as I can see no docs relating to this.

    Thanks

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  • Hi @11whyohwhy15

    This limit means how many emails your server will send out in one hour.
    Keeping it in 100 is a safe option. Choosing a bigger number might bring your server to its knees, and your hosting provider would probably not even allow it.

    So if you need to send a data breach notification to 5000 people, and your setting is 100, it will take just more time, that’s all, but it’s better for the server.

    Plugin Author Fernando Claussen

    (@fclaussen)

    @11whyohwhy15

    On the top of the screen, there is a little Help tab with some explanations.

    As @tt74 pointed out, servers usually have an hourly outgoing email limit. This limit can vary greatly. Some are 500, others are 1000 and so on.

    It would be good to ask your server what your limit is, but 100 should be a safe option.

    5000 users at batches of 100 emails mean roughly 50 hours notifying your users of the breach.
    If this is too much and your server can handle more, you can increase this value.

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