host my autoresponder

[dujmovicv]

HI,

I've developed an online, PHP/MySql driven autoresponder software that allows users to create their mailing lists, here are some features :
- form generator for subscribing
- double opt in pages
- add subscribers manually (one by one) AND import them from an external CSV file
- upload .txt AND .html newsletters
- create .html newsletter online and save them into file system
- schedule newsletter sending (days, weeks, months...)
- free, bronze, silver, gold and platinum levels of users

I couldn't find a company yet for hosting, few of them told me that they won't allow e-mail sending from their server AND their servers cannot handle such a load (cca 5000 emails/day)...
In your opinion, should I rewrite ALL the code to adopt my responder for users to dowload it and use just for their purpose...? Can someone suggest a hosting company that can offer services for such a system? Or should I just throw my software to the Rec Bin???

Thank you!

[~ServerPoint~]

Probably you need dedicated server for that.... ???
And that should be specified in any case. The problem you might have with network providers is number of emails

[dujmovicv]

I suppose I should discuss this issue with a tech guy from a hosting company?? right?

Thank you advanced.

[fcolor]

Yes, you better contact a hosts directly and ask about this, but no shared environment will allow you to send such number of mails daily. You better try to go for a high end VPS or some decent dedicated server. At least you will have a room to grow with these options.

[Tom Lindstrom]

Yep, you can get into trouble with your ISP.I recommend using a auto responder company like Aweber or Getresponse.

[dujmovicv]

Yep, you can get into trouble with your ISP.I recommend using a auto responder company like Aweber or Getresponse.

Thank you, but that's not the point! I don't mean to USE auto responder service of those companies! I want to PROVIDE auto responder service for users!

[ldcdc]

Get a VPS or a dedicated server. I doubt there would be many (if any) hosts that would allow you to run an autoresponder in their shared hosting environment.

[dujmovicv]

Yep, I'm about to "hire" a dedicated server for my responder script. It will be more expensive but I hope it will worth the time and money... Thank you guys for your replies!