Manuel Lemos wrote: > On Linux/Unix, mail() uses sendmail or equivalent programs. These > programs use pipes to communicate, which are much faster than using > SMTP TCP sockets. Uh, sendmail on unix typically just drops the email file into a directory for the mailer daemon to pick up from. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php