Any examples of CiviMail applications >10'000 recipients?

[Kampaweb]

Searching for some (best practice) examples of using CiviMail with really large lists (> 10'000 recipients) I've only come across this paragraph in the book over at flossmanuals:

The configuration described works fine for mailings to up to about 10,000 people. If you plan on sending email to hundreds of thousands of contacts, you should benchmark several options and consider a dedicated SMTP server. This more complex configuration is outside the scope of this book.

(http://en.flossmanuals.net/CiviCRM/SystemConfiguration/)

So does anybody know of an example / organisation that has used or is using CiviMail for sending out mass mailings to more than 10'000 recipients?

Cheers,

Chris

[xavier]

Yeap, we are plenty sending much more than that (and the latest version that came after we wrote that sentence in the book handles better big sendings).

This being said, this I still stand behind the advice, do check your SPF, be sure it isn't blacklisted, be sure your smtp handles the load...

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[Donald Lobo]

yes quite a few orgs use it to send large mailings including wikimedia, political campaigns, creative commons, and fsf.

The main issue (IMO) is whos doing, managing and monitoring the SMTP delivery

lobo

[Kampaweb]

@Xavier Thanks for the reply (and I do agree with you on the SPF /smtp-part)!
Just out of curiosity: Who is "we"?

@lobo Thanks, too, but is it possible that the use case-section is a bit outdated, though? E.g. Wikimedia is listed only as using the donation part!?

Chris

[xavier]

Just out of curiosity: Who is "we"?

The authors of the book, check the credits/copyright at the end.

Not sure I remember more specifically who wrote that part, was a book sprint and after 4 days of non-stop writing, things get a bit unclear about who wrote what, who came later and edited...

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[Donald Lobo]

@lobo Thanks, too, but is it possible that the use case-section is a bit outdated, though? E.g. Wikimedia is listed only as using the donation part!?

yes, the community is working on a new format and style of case studies, expected to be released later this summer

lobo

[Kampaweb]

@Xavier: Thanks for pointing me towards the obvious. :-) ...and yes, I can imagine that after the book sprint things got a bit hazy. ;-) The main point is, though, that the book IS here, isn't it?

@lobo That sounds like more good news, too! Hopefully, I'll then be able to contribute to the use case section,too!

Cheers,

Chris