phplist - new to it

[ChrisTech]

what is the correct syntax for setting the batch emails up?

Was looking around, didn't see it anywhere, or my google skills are slowed due to the rain.

[Buddha]

Might check the README files:

Batch processing and shared server configurations

To process in batches, you can configure two variables:

MAILQUEUE_BATCH_SIZE - the size of a batch

MAILQUEUE_BATCH_PERIOD - the time to wait until running the next batch (in seconds)


ISPs now have the following option available as well:

They can create a file /etc/phplist.conf that can have the following content:

---------
maxbatch=50
minbatchperiod=600
lockfile=/var/run/phplist-processqueue
---------

Max Batch
Maximum size of a batch that can be assigned by any user on the server
Any user making a batch larger than this will use this value

Min Batch Period
Minimum Batch Period that can be assigned by any user on the server
Any user making a period less than this will use this value

Lockfile
path to a file that if it exists, blocks sending completely

The last one can be used to disallow sending in certain times of the day.
It only has to exist, no content is read or displayed. I suppose your users
will appreciate if it doesn't exist as certain times as well.

Might need this:

Running PHPlist from the commandline

Commandline processing requires PHP 4.3.0 or higher

A few pages in the PHPlist system can now, as of version 2.7.0 be run with
a simple command from the commandline.

the script to use is called "phplist" in the "bin" directory. You will have to edit
this script to fit your system

The normal PHPlist access restrictions are bypassed, but the Unix users who are
allowed to run the script should be mentioned in the "commandline_users" config
variable. The identity of a user is determined by the USER environment variable, which
may not always match your system.

The "p" parameter is the page that needs to be run.
Currently you can use "send", "processqueue" and "processbounces"

phplist -psend

This will require some more arguments:

-l list
-s subject
[-f from]

and you need to "pipe" the message into the script.

The -l parameter can have two types of values, the name of the list or the number of the list.
You can added multiple lists or multiple -l parameters
The subject can have spaces
The from is optional. It will default to the system administrator as set up in your config.

So the full "send" command line would be:

phplist -psend -s This is the subject -l test 1 2 3 -f me@server.com < messagefile