You may also want to read PHP IMAP source and see what it does in its initializiation function. That may reduce the category of "DNS Error" to something a lot more specific... http://lxr.php.net/ On Thu, October 19, 2006 8:52 am, Edward Kay wrote: > Hello, > > I need PHP's IMAP extension for my web app but it is really slowing my > server up. > > My setup: Fedora Core 5, Apache 2.2.2, PHP 5.1.4 (run as CGI with > suPHP), > PHP IMAP extension - all standard FC5 RPMs. The test page is simple - > just a > call to phpinfo(). > > Without the IMAP extension, the response time is almost immediate. > With the > IMAP extension it takes 2-3 seconds to respond - sometimes as much as > 4 > secs. > > Watching with 'top', I can see php-cgi is called immediately when the > request is received. With the IMAP extension installed, after php-cgi > starts, it then drops to the end of the 'top' list, consuming 0% CPU > and > 2.0% memory. It remains there for the 2-3 second delay before coming > into > play again an running the script quickly. Without the IMAP extension, > it > just ends quickly having finished the request. > > From this, it is clear to me there is some major delay being > introduced by > the loading of the IMAP extension. Any ideas on how to resolve this? > > Thanks, > Edward > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php