Andre Polykanine wrote: > Hello everyone, > I've just subscribed to the list, and I already have a question. > what I need to do is to send mail using sockets. Actually, the > built-in Mail() function is great and I wouldn't have to search for > something else if I didn't need more than one message to be sent at a > time. Say, I have ten or a hundred of users who want to receive a > notification about new blog entries. If I use the mail() function in > the loop, it will be performed too slow since it constantly opens and > closes the door, I mean, the SMTP connection. Use sendmail to drop the emails straight into your MTA queue. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.9°C) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php