It's probably a permissions problem. Try creating the file email_list.txt ahead of time, and ensure that its permissions are set so that it's writable by the script.
Don't leave the email_list.txt file there, because anyone can read it from a browser.
A safer method would be to locate the file outside the web root, and put the full path in the line:
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