Edit your php.ini file and edit your sendmail_path directive. The default
is "sendmail -t -i". Add the correct -o switch (don't remember it
offhand) to have sendmail just queue the email instead of trying to
deliver right away. Then set up sendmail to deliver the queue at regular
intervals.
-Rasmus
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, ewiz wrote:
> I am facing a problem where some users on the server are using php
> mail() function to mail a list of users in taken from mysql db(around
> 5000 users, but not spam), but this is getting the system crashed due to
> excessvie loads and if I limit the delivery load on exim than even
> geninue mail is getting holded up.
>
> so is there anyway to limit the number of emails or delay the mails from
> the nobody user( which is the apach+php user which mails) or make PHP
> use a remote server than the local sendmail ?
>
> any help would be apperciated.
> TIA
>
> ewiz
>
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