RE: [PHP] Mail slow
| From: | Don Read | Date: | Fri, 29 Jun 2001 20:13:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Mail slow | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On 29-Jun-01 Tim Ward wrote:
> That sounds like a unix answer, I should probably have said that my web
> server is NT running Apache.
>
> Tim Ward
> Senior Systems Engineer
Yes it was, but the principle is the same.
mail() can't go any faster than the MTA (Mail Transport Agent).
Test the host defined on the 'SMTP' of your php.ini file;
How long does it take?
If it's slow, then PHP's mail() is not the problem.
telnet mail.domain.com 25
Trying 209.272.0.212...
Connected to mail.domain.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.domain.com Sendmail 8.71.1; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:03:32-0500 (CDT)
MAIL FROM: dread@texas.net
250 2.1.0 dread@texas.net... Sender ok
RCPT TO: nobody@yahoo.com
250 2.1.5 nobody@yahoo.com... Recipient ok
DATA
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
foo
bar
baz
.
250 2.0.0 f5TK3uM20182 Message accepted for delivery
quit
221 2.0.0 mail.domain.com closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
Regards,
--
Don Read dread@texas.net
-- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to
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