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Keep your frequencies below the limit because your WordPress site
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or a new subscriber.| Host | Limitations | Your frequency | Configuration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1and1 | 100 per task 200 per hour | 90 emails / 30 minutes | |
| BlueHost | 150 per hour | 70 emails / 30 minutes | |
| df.eu | 500 per hour | 115 emails / 15 minutes | |
| DreamHost | 50 per hour | 45 emails / 1 hour | |
| Elastic Email | There are none. | We suggest 1500 per 15 minutes. | Get in touch with Elastic Email directly for recommendations. |
| Free.fr | 20 per task 100 per hour 2000 per week | 18 emails / 15 minutes | the "from" email address needs to be your_login@free.fr. If you're using your own cron or the manual send process, you can send 15 emails every 10 minutes. |
| Google Mail | 100 per hour 500 per day | 48 emails / 30 minutes 20 emails / 1 hour (if you have more than 500 subscribers) | |
| GoDaddy | 100 per task 1000 per day | 95 emails / 15 minutes 40 emails / 1 hour (if you have more than 1000 subscribers) | Method : SMTP Server : relay-hosting.secureserver.net Port : 25 Secure method : No Authentication : No Your from and reply-to email should belong to your own domain. GoDaddy doesn't allow any other SMTP then their own. It won't work with MailJet, Elastic Email, etc. Note: Gmail sending method won't work with GoDaddy. |
| Goneo | 250 per hour | 60 emails / 15 minutes | Method : php Mail Function Your from, reply-to and bounce back email addresses should belong to your own domain. Do not leave the bounce email field empty! |
| GreenGeeks | 100 per hour by default | 45 emails / 30 minutes | |
| Host Gator | 500 per hour | 115 emails / 15 minutes | WARNING: Does not support third party SMTP |
| Host Monster | 500 per hour | 115 emails / 15 minutes | WARNING: Does not support third party SMTP |
| Hosting 2GO | 50 per 15 minutes | 45 emails / 15 minutes | |
| Hotmail | 100 per day | Due to this limitation, you should not use Hotmail as smtp server. | |
| Laughing Squid | Unknown. They prefer not to send any newsletters from their servers. | ||
| Lunarpages | 20 per minute 600 per hour | 19 emails / 15 minutes | You can use your own cron task to have a better frequency (every 2 minutes) |
| Media Temple | 50 per minute 500 per hour | 115 emails / 15 minutes | You can use your own cron task to have a better frequency (every 2 minutes) |
| Netissime | 500 per 15 minutes 1000 per day | 100 emails / 15 minutes 40 emails / 1 hour (if you have more than 1000 subscribers) | |
| one.com | No official limits. | Don't go over board noneteless. | Make sure your FROM address is from your own domain name. |
| OVH via smtp | 100 per hour and Pack Perso: 500 per day Pack Pro: 500 per day Pack Business: 1200 per day Pack Premium: 2000 per day | 20 emails / 1 hour 20 emails / 1 hour 48 emails / 1 hour 80 emails / 1 hour | Method : SMTP Server : ns0.ovh.net Port : 465 Secure method: SSL Authentication : Yes Your username/password |
| OVH via phpMail | The process will be blocked if more than 5% of your messages bounce | up to you! No more than 150 emails per batches | Method : php Mail function |
| PHPNet | 100 per hour | 50 emails and 2 second pauses between each batch with the manual send process | E-mails are added to their own queue so you can send as many emails as you want and then their server will deliver automatically 100 emails per hour |
| Rochen | 100 per 10 minutes 1000 per day | 95 emails / 15 minutes 40 emails / 1 hour (if you have more than 1000 subscribers) | |
| Siteground | 400 per hour | 95 emails / 15 minutes | |
| Techark | 250 per hour | 60 emails / 15 minutes | |
| VPS.net | 200 per hour | 90 emails / 30 minutes | |
| Webcity | 20 per 6 minutes | 19 emails / 15 minutes | You can use your own cron task to have a better frequency (every 8 minutes) |
| Westhost | 1000 per hour | 225 emails / 15 minutes | |
| wpwebhost.com | 200 per hour | 95 emails / 30 minutes | |
| Vexxhost | 250 per hour for shared hosting 500/hour for semi dedicated | 60 emails / 15 minutes 120 emails / 15 minutes | |
| Yahoo | 100 per hour | 95 emails / 1 hour |
