RE: PHP 4.0 Bug #6710 Updated: Could not execute mail delivery program

I used sleep() of up to a full second and it did not help before upping the amount of file descriptors. The whole point of using this to send out the emails versus the original method was speed plain and simple. So using a sleep() just defeats the whole purpose. When you are sending out 16,000+ emails, 16,000 seconds = 4.4 hours of time spent waiting for this web page to load while it does nothing. Try explaining this to a CEO who doesn't even know what print "Hello, world!" does, it's not fun =). Thanks, Chris Newbill -----Original Message----- From: Bug Database [mailto:php-dev@lists.php.net] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 5:50 PM To: cnewbill@onewest.net Subject: PHP 4.0 Bug #6710 Updated: Could not execute mail delivery program ID: 6710 Updated by: sniper Reported By: cnewbill@onewest.net Status: Closed Bug Type: *Mail Related Assigned To: Comments: Please use sleep() between mail()'s. --Jani Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-10-30 10:16:43] cnewbill@onewest.net Nope that would have been too easy. I have been swamped lately so I have not updated this ticket, I apologize. The problem is the server was running out of file descriptors. The previous fd created by sendmail does not seem to close right away and since this program was moving at a brisk pace all the fds got used. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-10-29 00:26:41] sniper@php.net Check your php.ini file for sendmail_path. And try also running sendmail in the command line.. --Jani --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-09-13 06:09:37] cnewbill@onewest.net I have a script that queries an ODBC source and sends an email to the addresses it pulls out. I for the life of me cannot figure out what is causing this error "Could not execute mail delivery program". I am using the mail() function. The only pattern I can see is it happens in large chunks with gaps of successful ones. Any ideas on where to look? Sending email to (19561) Lynn Chadwick... ERROR: Could not execute mail delivery program. Sending email to (19569) Derril Sparks... ERROR: Could not execute mail delivery program. Sending email to (19578) JaNell Ure... ERROR: Could not execute mail delivery program. Sending email to (19591) Edward Zaladonis... OK Sending email to (19595) Eric Bennion... OK --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=6710