Mail(): How much time?

Hi, I am getting all my emailadresses for my mailinglist out of a database in a loop, and in that same loop I personalize the email by adding the name and a personal URL (script.php?email=youremail). In that loop I then send the email. This whole process takes about 0.5 to 2 seconds per adress. This seems quite long to me. It can't be the database query or the if conditions in the loop, so why is this taking so long?? I don't have any problems with script execution time as I increment it in every iteration. This is not a nice solution though. I am also wondering how many adresses you can put in one subject, Cc or Bcc field? thanks in advance -- Rolf Vreijdenberger De Pannekoek en De Kale Maystraat 6 2593 VW Den Haag T: 06-24245719 E: rolf@depannekoekendekale.nl W: www.depannekoekendekale.nl