In my custom script I need to send emails to above 50k users
So I just did a for loop and use the function email_to_user to send these emails. It seems it sends only about 5000 emails.
Is there something I can do about it? Do I have to use the cron compulsorily for such a situation ? Any pointers are much appreciated
Hi Farhan. For such a high number of users, I'd recommend using a cron script.
Looping the email_to_user function should work ok, for any number of users. The Moodle forum cron code does this.
Maybe there is an issue with the mail server?
Thank you for your reply Chris.
When we send the emails using the sitenews forum , with forced subscription all 50k users get the email. I guess because the forums use the cron and my script does not..
My co developer really doesnt like me using the cron (rather abusing cron) .. But I guess I ll have to save soemwhere in the database how many emails are sent and resume sending from there in the cron or how does it work?