Should I use php mail function or phpmailer?

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Well, so far, I have been using php built in function, mail(), and I have no problems with it, even I sent a blast to 1000+ users. But then, lately I found this phpmailer, which is specially design to send email.

Q1: Should I change to this phpmailer?

Q2: What are the advantages of using phpmailer?

Q3: I found other products on phpmailer website, i.e phpmailer FE, ML etc. What are those? Which one you guys is using?

Q4: Have anyone tried sending blast email to 2000+ users with phpmailer? If yes, does it cause any problems?

Thanks in advanced for answering the questions

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