Re: sendmail delay?

Hi Marc! On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Marc Burgauer wrote: > Hi > > I noticed in a script that when it executes the mail() command, it takes > 20-30 seconds (if the server is busy even longer) before the next > instruction is executed. I assume that this is PHP waiting for sendmail to > react to the request to send a mail message. > I am using PHP4.0.2 on a Sun Solaris (SunOS 5.6). The behavior is the same > for running the instruction as a shell script through the PHP executable > (CGI version) or through the combined Apache/PHP binary, so it's not Apache. > > Is this the way it is or is it an indication that my compilation process is > not specific enough regarding sendmail (and how would I be more specific)? > Can I influence this behaviour in any way? I think Manuel Lemos(spl?) came with a `command line' solution to launch a program in the background and return immediately. [ ain't hard to figure out for yourself a solution if you fiddle with bash for some minutes ] Unfortunately mail() does what exec() and system() do, which is popen(), look: ext/standard/mail.c:145 sendmail = popen(sendmail_path, "w"); So the best thing one could do is forget about mail() function and write, on one hand, a custom mail function, and on the other a script to get the mail `command' and return immediately. -- teodor