PHP 4.0 Bug #5743 Updated: mail() hangs if SMTP server is localhost

ID: 5743 User Update by: steve@srtware.com Status: Open Bug Type: Reproduceable crash Description: mail() hangs if SMTP server is localhost To clarify the subject, the symptoms I see is that the browser (IE 5.01) waits indefinitely, while the SMTP server (in my case Spartacom's XtraMail) shows the initial connection but the connection never closes. It may time out eventually; I didn't wait more than a few minutes. However it's instantaneous using an external mail server. I do see an error from PHP in the browser if I stop the SMTP server while it's in this state. (The error simply indicates that mail() failed, which is correct at that point). Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=5743