phpList question

Eev7S · #1 04-01-2008, 04:08 PM

Hi. I see that HostGator offers phpList with fantastico. I'm wondering that if I run my own customer mailing list off my HostGator server, if I have to worry about getting flagged as a spammer? I've never run a mailing list before so I don't know what potential complications are involved. But I've read that running your own list on your server can be a problem.

***GatorWesley*** · #2 04-01-2008, 04:25 PM

Are you concerned about the account being disabled from sending out too many emails? Or possible issues with being blacklisted?

You can throttle PHP list to send out as little/as much as you want:
http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=3574 - Our limit on shared servers is 500/hr.

As far as blacklisting goes, you should not have a problem with that as long as your emails are all opt-in. If you do run into an issue though, we do have a department here that specializes in accounts/ips that are blacklisted.

Eev7S · #3 04-01-2008, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GatorWesley

Are you concerned about the account being disabled from sending out too many emails? Or possible issues with being blacklisted?

You can throttle PHP list to send out as little/as much as you want:
http://forums.hostgator.com/showthread.php?t=3574 - Our limit on shared servers is 500/hr.

As far as blacklisting goes, you should not have a problem with that as long as your emails are all opt-in. If you do run into an issue though, we do have a department here that specializes in accounts/ips that are blacklisted.

I'm not sure what I'm concerned about to be honest.

Because I've never run a list before. I've just read on a few forums that if you run your list from your own server you run the risk of being reported as a spammer. I don't think I'll have a problem since I'll be starting really small. It will probably take a long time to make the list big enough to even worry about these things.