Smaller Batch Limit

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to lower my batch limit as I keep getting the following error when ever I send out emails;

Domain xxxxxxxxxx has exceeded the max emails per hour (200/200 (100%))
allowed. Message will be reattempted later

I want to reduce the batch from 10000 to 150 and have it send each batch an hour a part, which I hope should fix my issue. I have tried adjusting settings in config.php and had no luck. A search on here also didn’t help, so hoping someone may be able to point me in the right direction.

Cheers,
Jarrad

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It sounds like you are sending using the admin interface in a browser. You will need to keep your browser window open while phplist sends the emails. Try using a smaller batch size and proportionate batch period, such as 15 emails/ 6 minutes.
But this may well not be a good approach for a large list.

Or, if you can change to use a cron job to process the queue, then set batch size to 0 and use a throttle value of 24 (= 3600/150). Set the cron job to run every 5 minutes or so.

3

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, using the admin window in browser, the list is only small, just under 250 subscribers, so smaller batch isn’t an issue.

Just wondering where I go to change the batch settings, is it all in config.php or elsewhere?

Cheers,
Jarrad

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They are in the config.php file, and if you want an interactive spreadsheet to use while adjusting the settings, I put one together here:

http://www.phplistsupport.com/config-php-setting-batch-qty-period-and-throttle/