Re: Run Process in back ground

Stut wrote: >> Yes: >> >> mail( .... ); >> header("Location:http://domain.com"); >> >> >> mail() only takes as long as it takes to drop the mail in your local >> filesystem. > > Not necessarily. As discussed at length on this list last month > sendmail (or a substitute) may try to deliver the message rather than > passing it to a local MTA. True, a lot will depend on your local MTA. If you're running postfix, sendmail will always behave like I described. If you're running a local MTA (local="on the same machine"), I would expect sendmail to be very quick, but I have no experience with the other MTAs (sendmail itself, exim, qmail et al.) /Per Jessen, Zürich