How can I send emails to a large customer list?

[dealwititp]

Hi all,

 

My store has over 1100 registered customers. I attempted to send a general announcement to all my customers to let them know about some recent changes with my website, but my browser timed out after 7 or 8 minutes. I don't think that everyone received the email, because I only received one email from my two test accounts. I don't want to try it again, as this might considered spamming.

 

Is there a mod that will allow me to select specific groups of people to receive an email? Is there a better way to deal with large customer lists?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Walt

[photofxplus]

I would consider using another program. There are many available that do just that. You could query your database for the address's you want and format them into the type of list that the program would accept.

 

Take a look at hotscripts.com, Ive found all sorts of stuff there.

[dealwititp]

I would consider using another program. There are many available that do just that. You could query your database for the address's you want and format them into the type of list that the program would accept.

 

Take a look at hotscripts.com, Ive found all sorts of stuff there.

 

Hi Lloyd,

 

When you say "query your database", does that mean that I should make CSV or excel file to import into an email program or can I install a script that works with oscommerce to search my database for the names I want to use?

 

Thanks,

Walt

[photofxplus]

That would depend on what format the program needs. You could surely look for a program that would take either one as a list and use mySql to create it - or if you want just certain address's then you would need to start coding a query yourself.

 

What would be cool is a program that queried the database itself for the address's based upon your criteria.

 

Either way, I would look for a program that may do everything I need, if I cannot find it, then I would look for a program that would take a list that I queried myself.

You can set up the query results to return a php array of address's, a long string of addresses with a delimiter such as '-' or ',' and this string can be printed to a txt file.

Or anything the program needs.