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Best practice for bulk multi-part mail
Hi, I am currently building a PHP/MySQL database that handles our offices newsletters. Now everything works great in the alpha with only a few names in the list, but I anticipate that once we fill it up (around 10,000) that this will not work from the PHP. I already have the script echo the emails to a database where I plan to have a cron perl script grab the info and send it to the Mail Transport Agent in chuncks. Now, I am completely new to perl, and it's been awhile since I did any work in unix, so go easy on me. Here are my questions if anyone can help.

I've seen some shell scripts that can send emails pretty easy, but they don't appear to be able to adjust the header information. I need to change, the From, and send as a multi-part text/plain text/html. Is there something I am missing?
Why is it so much harder to cron a php script than perl script for this? (Is it because the shells understand perl better?)
What is the best Perl package for sending multi-part emails? Quickly?
What is the best (free) MTA To use?

Thanks for the time,
_Stephen
 
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MySQL::Diff::Database(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				MySQL::Diff::Database(3pm)

NAME

       MySQL::Diff::Database - Database Definition Class

SYNOPSIS

	 use MySQL::Diff::Database;

	 my $db = MySQL::Diff::Database->new(%options);
	 my $source    = $db->source_type();
	 my $summary   = $db->summary();
	 my $name      = $db->name();
	 my @tables    = $db->tables();
	 my $table_def = $db->table_by_name($table);

	 my @dbs = MySQL::Diff::Database::available_dbs();

DESCRIPTION

       Parses a database definition into component parts.

METHODS

   Constructor
       new( %options )
	   Instantiate the objects, providing the command line options for database access and process requirements.

   Public Methods
       o   source_type()

	   Returns 'file' if the data source is a text file, and 'db' if connected directly to a database.

       o   summary()

	   Provides a summary of the database.

       o   name()

	   Returns the name of the database.

       o   tables()

	   Returns a list of tables for the current database.

       o   table_by_name( $name )

	   Returns the table definition (see MySQL::Diff::Table) for the given table.

FUNCTIONS

   Public Functions
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	   Returns a list of the available databases.

	   Note that is used as a function call, not a method call.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2000-2011 Adam Spiers. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
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SEE ALSO

       mysqldiff, MySQL::Diff, MySQL::Diff::Table, MySQL::Diff::Utils

AUTHOR

       Adam Spiers <mysqldiff@adamspiers.org>

perl v5.14.2							    2012-04-06						MySQL::Diff::Database(3pm)