# Queuing mails for a mailing list

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/queuing-mails-for-a-mailing-list/105465>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 30, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/queuing-mails-for-a-mailing-list/105465 "2007-05-30T09:38:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![mr\_robot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@mr\_robot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mr_robot)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/queuing-mails-for-a-mailing-list/105465/1 "2007-05-30T09:38:37Z")

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hi  
i am wanting to send out a mailing listto subscribers. myserver has an  
hourly mail limit.  
i am using the mail-queue plugin to queue up my mails.  
so how would i send out batches? or should i just setup a cron job to  
send out, for eg. 1 mail/second. with 5000 subscribers thatwould take  
like 1.5 hrs to send out. would this kill my server.  
any other thoughts suggestions?  
tx  
george

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**Author:** ![mr\_robot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@mr\_robot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mr_robot)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/queuing-mails-for-a-mailing-list/105465/2 "2007-05-30T16:38:15Z")

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Are you sending the same e-mail, if so, can you send the mail to all the  
users at once (join them all up in the bcc field with ,'s), or does this  
also cause a problem with your mail server.

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**Author:** ![mr\_robot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@mr\_robot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mr_robot)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/queuing-mails-for-a-mailing-list/105465/3 "2007-05-30T18:01:53Z")

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not sure. but i guess this would be counted as a mail for each user  
regardless.  
but going to ask, thanks for the suggestion