Re: Mail

I must be honest to you, I have very little experence with sendmail. Could you please give me a hint on what commands I would be using? sendmail -d0-99.99 (insert the rest of your command here) ??? I am sorry if I come on as a newbie, but for sendmail and PHP I am. Thank you Ranndall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff" <php@biz-link.com> To: "Chronos" <chronos@vic.bc.ca> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Mail > Did you run sendmail in debug mode? Maybe there's other IP's > on your machine that are not set up right. Reread my last > message for the debug commands. > > Jeff > > > Chronos wrote: > > > > I have added the reverse DNS lookup to the virtual domain and did the > > nslookup on both the domain name and the IP address. It works both ways, but > > the script is still hanging. I just dont get it. > > Any more help on this topic would be great. > > > > Thank you > > Randall > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeff" <php@biz-link.com> > > To: "Chronos" <chronos@vic.bc.ca> > > Cc: "Glover George" <dime@gulfsales.com>; "'Joe > > Stump'" > > <joe@earth.care2.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 6:47 PM > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Mail > > > > > sendmail does a reverse DNS lookup on every IP on its server > > > to ensure the sender is authorized. IF your reverse DNS is not > > > set up and/or the server is stuck or running slowly the process > > > will get hung up until each request times out. I have experienced > > > this on my system. > > > > > > do an nslookup on your domain's IP address and see how long it > > > takes. Then do sendmail -d0-99.99 (insert the rest of your command here) > > > which puts sendmail in debug mode. It will print a copious list > > > of messages, and probably get stuck when it's doing its dns > > > lookups. > > > > > > If it's not set up then have your ISP fix it for you. > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > Chronos wrote: > > > > > > > > The same thing is happening, what kind of DNS problems would I have?? > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Glover George" <dime@gulfsales.com> > > > > To: "'Joe Stump'" <joe@earth.care2.com>; > > > > "'Chronos'" <chronos@vic.bc.ca> > > > > Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 2:17 PM > > > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Mail > > > > > > > > > Have you tried sending mail from the command prompt with these > > machines? > > > > > Does the same thing happen? If so, you may have some DNS probs. It > > would > > > > > seem that PHP is waiting on the underlying mailer to return some type > > of > > > > > status code (or finish). Do you experience the same thing with the > > > > > underlying mail transport agent (sendmail?)? > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Joe Stump [mailto:joe@earth.care2.com] > > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 4:05 PM > > > > > To: Chronos > > > > > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > > > > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Mail > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I often experience this on our server if our mailing list is going out > > > > > (which > > > > > sends about 1M mails) - but other than the PHP install, quirks with > > your > > > > > mail > > > > > server, or restarting Apache (which usually helps), I'm not sure why > > this > > > > > would be occuring. The code looks sane. > > > > > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 01:49:29PM -0700, Chronos wrote: > > > > > > I am new to PHP and have a quick question, > > > > > > I am setting up an automated reply after a client completes a form > > using > > > > > the > > > > > > following code.. > > > > > > > > > > > > ##################### > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > mail("$HTTP_POST_VARS[email]", "Registration > > > > > > Recieved", > > > > > > " > > > > > > Dear, $HTTP_POST_VARS[name] > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your payment. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you speach here BLA BLA BLA... > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > myemail@domain.com > > > > > > ", > > > > > > "From: myemail@domain.com"); > > > > > > ?> > > > > > > #################### > > > > > > > > > > > > It works fine on one of my servers, but it is extremly SLOOOOWW on > > one > > > > of > > > > > > the other servers. > > > > > > Is this somthing that is wrong with the code or the server? I am > > > > thinking > > > > > > it is the server or maybe the instalaton of PHP it self on the > > server. > > > > > <?php > > > > > > phpinfo() ?> works just fine and is quick. I have tried a scaled > > down > > > > > > version for the mail code, (see below) and it is still very slow. > > Can > > > > > > somthing be done to the server to tweak it or the PHP instalation > > > > itself?? > > > > > > Here is a link to my PHP Info file. > > http://www.dotcom.am/phpinfo.php3 > > > > > > and here is a link to the code you see below. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.dotcom.am/mailit/mail11.php3 email address is my own in > > this > > > > > > code. > > > > > > > > > > > > #################### > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > mail(myemail@server.com, "My Subject", "Line 1\nLine > > > > > > 2\nLine 3"); > > > > > > ?> > > > > > > ################### > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any help would be GREAT! > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > Randall > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > /*****************************\ > > > > > * Joe Stump * > > > > > * www.Care2.com * > > > > > * Office: 650.328.0198 * > > > > > * Extension: 122 * > > > > > \*****************************/ > > > > > > > > > > http://www.miester.org/Joe/Stump/Joe_Stump_resume.html > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > > > > > Version: 3.12 > > > > > GB/E/IT d- s++:++ a? 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