Webmaster forum - mail() takes a long time

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mail() takes a long time

Karl Groves

2006-06-03, 7:15 pm

I have a client who is on a shared host (FreeBSD, Apache, MySQL, PHP) who,
for some reason takes what looks like 30-40 seconds to send a *very* simple
message via mail(). This same script takes about 1 second per message on
my machine. Does anyone have any idea where I can look for why this
happens?

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Karl Groves
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William Tasso

2006-06-03, 7:15 pm

Fleeing from the madness of the jungle
Karl Groves <karl@NOSPAMkarlcore.com> stumbled into news:alt.www.webmaster
and said:

> I have a client who is on a shared host (FreeBSD, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
> who,
> for some reason takes what looks like 30-40 seconds to send a *very*
> simple
> message via mail(). This same script takes about 1 second per message on
> my machine. Does anyone have any idea where I can look for why this
> happens?

hrmm - something not receiving a timely answer & timing out?

Did you use exactly the same headers and login credentials to send as your
client?

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William Tasso

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Karl Groves

2006-06-03, 7:15 pm

"William Tasso" <SpamBlocked@tbdata.com> wrote in
news:op.tahklgu1m9g4qz-wnt@tbdata.com:

> Fleeing from the madness of the jungle
> Karl Groves <karl@NOSPAMkarlcore.com> stumbled into
> news:alt.www.webmaster and said:
>
>
> hrmm - something not receiving a timely answer & timing out?
>
> Did you use exactly the same headers and login credentials to send as
> your client?
>

Everything is exactly the same, except several configuration options on the
servers! LOL. That's where I think I need to begin looking next. I believe
there's something different about their sendmail. I've actually tried this
on 3 different LAMP servers and all ran quickly but theirs. UGH

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Karl Groves
www.karlcore.com

Brian Wakem

2006-06-03, 7:15 pm

Karl Groves wrote:

> "William Tasso" <SpamBlocked@tbdata.com> wrote in
> news:op.tahklgu1m9g4qz-wnt@tbdata.com:
>
>
> Everything is exactly the same, except several configuration options on
> the
> servers! LOL. That's where I think I need to begin looking next. I
> believe
> there's something different about their sendmail. I've actually tried
> this on 3 different LAMP servers and all ran quickly but theirs. UGH

Slow DNS lookup?

Try a different DNS server.

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Brian Wakem
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Toby Inkster

2006-06-03, 7:15 pm

Karl Groves wrote:

> I have a client who is on a shared host (FreeBSD, Apache, MySQL, PHP) who,
> for some reason takes what looks like 30-40 seconds to send a *very* simple
> message via mail().

Is their php.ini set up to send mail through /usr/bin/sendmail or through
TCP/IP to some remote SMTP server? The second way will be slower, but
still shouldn't take *that* long.

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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Karl Groves

2006-06-03, 7:15 pm

Toby Inkster <usenet200605@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote in
news:2085l3-cdj.ln1@ophelia.g5n.co.uk:

> Karl Groves wrote:
>
>
> Is their php.ini set up to send mail through /usr/bin/sendmail or
> through TCP/IP to some remote SMTP server? The second way will be
> slower, but still shouldn't take *that* long.
>

Entry is '/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i'

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Karl Groves
www.karlcore.com