Form emails and MySQL DB Questions

Seeing how I know little about mysql databases and Hostgator form email capabilities, I would like to know if the following is possible as I am looking to switch from myhosting.com

I have a shareware application which has about 1000 register users. This application, among other things, auto-generates web forms for the user which, when filled out, sends (email) data to both the recipient (registered user) and the sender (person who fills out the form). The script the form uses to send these emails is hosted on my website.

Suppose, during the same day in a month, each registered user has 50 of their clients filling out the form. Can Hostgator handle 1000x50 (50,000) emails in one day? My app is such that there are four consecutive busy days in a month and the rest of the month there would be no emails sent.

Is there a limit to how many emails Hostgator can handle from a form script? A dedicated server is not an option as my earnings from this application do not warrant the cost.

Also, I want to add a feature to my application where the data from the form, in addition to being emailed, is inserted into a database. The application would then be able to retrieve the data by connecting remotely (instead of having to import the data from emails like it is currently set up).

Every registered user would have read access to a table in my database. Is this possible using Hostgator? Can the database handle roughly 200,000 records? If it is possible, are there ways to make this secure?

Thanks, Paul

[kmaw]

Originally Posted by Kanso

Can Hostgator handle 1000x50 (50,000) emails in one day?

Not from a shared server, no -- it's 200/hour
See http://www.hostgator.com/mailpolicy.shtml

And since you can't afford dedicated, unfortunately you're out of options unless you re write your script or change how it functions.

[Pitrow]

Originally Posted by Kanso

Can Hostgator handle 1000x50 (50,000) emails in one day?

I'm pretty sure that's going to go over the 200 emails per hour limit no matter how you do it. You'd need to build something into your app to throttle the emails you're sending and spread them over about 10 days.