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[bkushner]

Looking for a hosting company that is mailing list friendly. By that I mean my business sends out our list 2-3 times a month to about 30,000 email addresses.

My current hosting is split dedicated service that worked great the first month I had it now it's taking 2 and 3 times as long as it should to send the list. They are trying to get me on a full dedicated server for this.

By friendly I mean they allow unlimited outgoing mail and not the 11 per connection or 500 per day you see at some companies.

My list is a user requested list with all spam compliant opt in and out functions.

Thanks

Brian

[040Hosting]

In what period of time would you like to see 30.000 emails to be send ?

[iHubNet-Matt]

It will be very hard or almost impossible to find that in a shared environment. All shared hosts will have limits on the number of emails.

I guess, you will have to look at some VPS options.
What is your budget?

[bkushner]

Originally Posted by 040Hosting

In what period of time would you like to see 30.000 emails to be send ?

Well it used to take 4 hours and now is taking 9?

[dawhb]

I would suggest VPS or server... as I can see others think almost the same. You just need a good VPS host... take look at ApolloHOsting, Liquid Web, Verio, etc...

[Henrik]

I second everyone of you who recommend a VPS. It doesn't have to be "high grade" either, just choose a mailserver that is effecient - such as qmail, and set up a relay-service for your mailinglists there.

[slonyara]

Try Offshoremode, they allow bulk mailing.

[ldcdc]

I'd go either for a VPS, or an autoresponder/newletters hosting service. There's a number of them around, and maybe someone can actually recommend you a specific provider.

[bithost(NET)]

I would actually recommend Aweber... you'll get far higher deliverability with them than you will with a qmail/sendmail-sent mailing. And it'll cost you a bit less than a VPS.

Bailey

[john8]

For a mailing list that have 30k addresses, you certainly need a VPS.

Most shared plans will only allow around 500 email per day.

[bithost(NET)]

Well, he might find a host who will work with him up to 8,000-10,000 emails a day ... but not 30,000.

30k is way over the top, for shared hosting.

Bailey

[Ashley Merrick]

Your have to look for either a VPS or a company that soly run mailing list for you, VPS may be the best option, however If you don't have much skill in the admin side of a server.

Then it may be your best option to grab your self a managed VPS, also will be worth contacting the sales team of the company just to check weather they will be happy/alllow 30,000 emails to be sent via your VPS, always safe to check.

As I doubt your be able to find a Shared Host with a semi Decent uptime that will allow you to send 30,000 emails.

[john8]

Can't agree more. Check with their sales before sign-up is always a good idea. 30k emails is not a small job even for small VPS.

[040Hosting]

I doubt a VPS would help, the OP already mentioned he was on a SPLIT dedicated server, those have in general much more capacity as a standard VPS in CPU and Memory.

I believe the OP should check with his current provider why the splitted service is under performing and maybe look to a small dedicated server.

A VPS is not always the natural step between shared-hosting and dedicated-hosting.

[Henrik]

Originally Posted by bithost(NET)

I would actually recommend Aweber... you'll get far higher deliverability with them than you will with a qmail/sendmail-sent mailing. And it'll cost you a bit less than a VPS.

Bailey

I checked the prices doing a calculation based on the (roughly) figues the OP stated, and yes indeed - you are right. I do wonder about Aweber's net-abuse record though, as in that line of business it is a hard task keeping up with all of these blacklist agencies.

However, the OP wouldn't have to worry about that outsourcing to such a company, which is a plus.

Have you taken a look at Topica btw?