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    Unhappy Too many emails!!!

    So last night I was working on some PHP mailer script and uploaded it to my site early this morning.

    I gave it a test run, and now I'm facing serious problems with the hosting company. They don't allow "mass mailing" from a hosted site, as they claim "it uses too many resources". I'm limited to 500 mails per hour, and as it stands, my mailbox has already exceeded it's 1GB limit. I now have 652'000 emails (seriously) in my mailbox that I need to delete somehow, and everytime I delete a couple, I get double that amount delivered!!!

    I've phoned the hosting company to ask them to stop the friggin' thing, but according to them, if I deleted the mailer script it should've stopped sending... It's still happening!

    *NOTE TO SELF: Next time I code a loop, remember to go to the next record... *

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    Re: Too many emails!!!

    You could've tested it out on your local machine by debugging first.

    Oh, wait, you use PHP.

    You could've tested it out on your local machine by echoing first.

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    Re: Too many emails!!!

    I can't help it... I'm not smart enough to use ASP.

    But in all honesty: I never test...

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    Re: Too many emails!!!

    So you mean to tell me you actually made a spam script that floods inboxes?

    Plz giev c0d kthxbai!

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    Re: Too many emails!!!

    Well that was easy. Phoned them a couple of minutes ago (about 13h45 local) and it's sorted. A total of 7 minutes on the phone.

    Now I can go look at what I did wrong...

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    Re: Too many emails!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by BillGeek
    *NOTE TO SELF: Next time I code a loop, remember to go to the next record... *
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    Re: Too many emails!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by kasracer
    Since when did you suddenly decide to replace timeshifter and Max's role of being a rude idiot? (This is the second post I've seen you make a stupid remark)

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    Re: Too many emails!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by kregg
    Since when did you suddenly decide to replace timeshifter and Max's role of being a rude idiot? (This is the second post I've seen you make a stupid remark)
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    Re: Too many emails!!!

    Well, that's the first time I have heard of a spammer attempting to spam himself to death.

    For your next act, can you accomplish a DoS attack on yourself?
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    Re: Too many emails!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by kasracer

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    Re: Too many emails!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by kregg
    Since when did you suddenly decide to replace timeshifter and Max's role of being a rude idiot? (This is the second post I've seen you make a stupid remark)
    See, now you know what you're like.

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    Re: Too many emails!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by mendhak
    See, now you know what you're like.
    Yeah, 'cuz I am a rude boi... *shudders*

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