If you use a sleep()-based function, or (worse) an empty loop that cfexits after X000 ms, you will at the very least tie up one of probably only a few available CF request threads.
On a busy shared host, that can be worse than bopping out 1800 emails at a shot. This solution is a common one for exactly what you are talking about: http://mysecretbase.com/slowing_down_cfmail_2006.cfm That link goes to v3 of the method. Use the links early in the article for the v1 and v2 versions. V3 is the most fail-safe. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janitor, MSB Web Systems mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261589 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
