Re: [cobalt-users] sendmail usage

[Toni Soto <planeta@xxxxxx>]

I have the same problem described in this post. I don't know why, but in one of
my Bulletin Board system when someone post or reply a message, after pressing
the submit button the script takes a long time to finish the proccess and to
send back a confirmation page. This is due to the use of sendmail to send a
copy of the new message to a list of subscribers. I used it in other servers
(other ISPs) and it didn't take so long.

I don't know how to use the flags for sendmail. For example.., what does really
do '-t' in (/usr/sbin/sendmail -t)....?

Last thing. I am afraid that it can be due to lack of bandwidth of my ISP (mine
is Catalog.com). Am I wrong...?

Toni


Dan Kriwitsky wrote:

> > Ok, about a week ago someone else described in detail a problem
> > they are having which is exactly the same problem I am having.
> >
> > Platform : Raq3, 10.3GB 256MB Ram.
> >
> > Problem : When calling a cgi script that uses sendmail, the mail
> > get sent almost right away, but then the script hangs forever, but
> > the browser continues to attempt to load something and never
> > seems to time out.  Once I let it go for about 6 hours and finally the
> > browser showed the next page it was supposed to.  This only
> > happens when the script is attempting to send mail.  I have used the
> > exact same scripts on several other servers and have never had
> > this problem, the only thing I had to change in the script to get it
> > to run on the Raq3 was to change the first line in the file
> > pointing to the location of perl.
> >
>
> I've never seen it on a RaQ2 using Matt Wright's FormMail.pl and someone I
> sent my FormMail.pl to is using it with no problem on a RaQ3. When it sends
> the mail, it redirects to another page with no problem or hang. Does your
> script point to /usr/sbin/sendmail -t? I think I recall that -t possibly
> being a problem.
> --
> Dan Kriwitsky