Mass Mail to all members...getting error!

[coolmac]

I am running phpbb3 on my site: http://www.africahangout.com

When I try to send email to all my members in the ACP, I get an error. However, I can send the email to five members simultaneously. I don't know why I can't send the same message to all my registered members?

I hope you will be able to help me.

Thanks for you assistance.

 

[Murder he Wrote]

What is the error message you are getting?

 

[coolmac]

"There were one or more errors while sending the e-mail. Please check the Error log for detailed error messages."

And the error log:

E-mail error
» EMAIL/PHP/mail()
/adm/index.php

Thanks for the response

 

[[BL] Briggers810]

I've had this problem before, the problem is that you've got a member registered who doesn't have a valid email address.

 

[CyberFreak]

Thats not true... If a members email is not valid it will just send the email back as undelivered to the boards email address. It will not give any error in the error log.

 

[[BL] Briggers810]

Thats not true... If a members email is not valid it will just send the email back as undelivered to the boards email address. It will not give any error in the error log.

Well that was what happened with me, and when I asked the people hosting my site, that was the answer I got from them, when I showed them that above error.

 

[CyberFreak]

Of course a host would say that... It stops them having to fix an issue.

We have emails get undelivered every day because members don't use real emails ( -angry- ) and never do we get errors in the error log. 1 member with a fake email doesn't cause the whole mass email system to stop sending out emails otherwise no forum would ever be able to send out a mass email as every forum has accounts with fake emails or emails that don't exist anymore. 1 spammer and your ability to send mass emails would stop if what your host said was true.

I think it is more to do with not being able to send out enough emails... Probably a restriction on the server that allows 1 email to be sent but not over a certain amount. If you have 1000 members, 1000 emails will be sent out which will overload their email server so they probably have some sort of restriction which interferes with the mass email part of the phpBB3 acp.

 

[Comkid]

I would have to say from that would be a problem internally with the command for php mail, try seeking support at phpBB.com Support Forums. -😉-

 

[spyka]

ask your host, chances are they've put restrictions on the mail() function to stop spam

 

[Comkid]

Probably true or an error with php -bigeyes-