Exim / Php Mail Function / Bulk Mailing
I've learned that my new dedicated server comes with exim installed. From what I understand, you can use php's mail() with exim, but you can't modify the 'From' header. I need to do that so I've scurried in search of an alternative to the mail function. I found the function below ( from http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php#41340 ) works well, but, not being at all familiar with exim, I have a few questions about it.
Is it feasible to be used in a bulk email script (1 call per email)? I'm a little concerned about the sleep function. Obviously that's going to slow down an already somewhat resource intensive bulk email script. So what is it actually there for and is it really even needed? If this isn't a doable solution, is there something else you could suggest?
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