Re: Re: SMTP vs mail()
| From: | Per Jessen | Date: | Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:08:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: SMTP vs mail() | ||
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Manuel Lemos wrote:
> On Linux/Unix, mail() uses sendmail or equivalent programs. These
> programs use pipes to communicate, which are much faster than using
> SMTP TCP sockets.
Uh, sendmail on unix typically just drops the email file into a
directory for the mailer daemon to pick up from.
/Per Jessen, Zürich