RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #5729: mail stops connecting after sending 97 emails

> From: stefan@hendricks-online.de > Operating system: WIN32, Win98 > PHP version: 4.0.1pl2 > PHP Bug Type: IMAP related > Bug description: mail stops connecting after sending 97 emails > > for ($i=1; $i<=100; $i++) > { > mail("webmaster@hendricks-online.de", "Text", "Text"); > echo $i\x; > } > > > This will run until $i = 97. After that I get a error "Failed to > connect...". > > This is reproduceable on 2 systems with 2 different remote > mailservers or any local mailserver. > It's no difference if the to-adressess are different in every mail. I wouldn't consider that a bug....you're flooding your mail server with emails...with a loop like that those 90+ emails would have been issued to the mail server in only a couple seconds (which is not netiquette friendly). Most versions of sendmail/qmail are configured to start rejecting messages from being added too the queue if the load starts getting too high. My suggestion is to add a delay into the loop so maybe it only sends out a couple messages a second...that should resolve your problem. Or if you insist on flooding reconfigure your mailing daemon to accept a higher load of outgoing mail requests. Sincerely, Craig Vincent