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[DJSigma]

My web host has imposed a limit on sending email of 50 emails per hour. When I use the Bulk Mail feature (which I don't use often, but I do still need to be able to use it), the first 50 emails are sent, but then the rest are blocked because the 50 email limit has been exceeded.

Is there a way that I can set the Bulk Mail system so that it will send, say, 25 emails an hour? I've contacted my web host to see if I can get the 50 email limit raised, but setting the Bulk Mail to 25 per hour would be a decent compromise in the mean time.

Thanks.

[Bitter]

I thought the default setting was 20 emails per hour in IPB 3.2. I usually send mine at that default amount. When you send a bulk email, it gives you the option to choose how many to send per wave of emails. I would recommend 20, and try that. It is below 50, so it won't get near your imposed limit. See if that works.

[DJSigma]

Thanks for the reply.

That setting will actually work, so thanks for reminding me about it, but the default setting is 20 emails sent "per cycle" and a cycle is 1 minute, not 1 hour. That's why I was getting restricted by my host, as it was sending out up to 1,200 emails per hour at the default setting.

I've managed to get my host to up my email sending limit to 500 per hour, so if I send 4 per cycle, that'll do the trick just fine and leave me plenty of room for any other emails that may be sent (PM notifications etc.).

Thanks again!

[Bitter]

The issue this topic was opened for has now been resolved.