NYCPHP Meetup

[Rob Marscher]

On Jan 17, 2008, at 2:36 AM, Gary Mort wrote:
> Rob Marscher wrote:
>> On Jan 16, 2008, at 7:09 AM, Gary Mort wrote:
>>> [snip]... use one of the PHP mail packages that supports sending  
>>> through authenticated external SMTP servers...
>>> [snip]...It's slower to send that way...[snip]
>>
>> It was my understanding that it's better to send via SMTP though  
>> because it taxes your system resources less than using mail() --  
>> especially when you're managing a large email list.
>
> Well, that really depends on your environment.
> mail() can be configured to use SMTP or invoke sendmail directly.

Thanks for all the info.
I was trying to remember where I got that notion from... it's at http://www.swiftmailer.org 
  :
"It does not rely on PHP's native mail() function which is known for  
using high server resources when sending multiple emails. Instead,  
Swift communicates directly with an SMTP server or a MTA binary to  
send mail quickly and efficiently."