persistent connections for handlers

Hi I am writing a mod_perl handler that takes a HTTP POST and sends mail. What I'd like to do is to open up a connection to the SMTP server [a Net::SMTP object] and a log file [filehandle] that exist outside of the handler. So that when the handler is run, it has access to these items, and can

Re: persistent connections for handlers

I'm also interested in this problem. I've been piping my mails to sendmail and I'm told that this is not a good idea with mod_perl. I find that talking to SMTP server is noticeably slower although I don't know whether the slowness is just in the initial connection. I am using the local sendmail

Re: persistent connections for handlers

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm also interested in this problem. I've been piping my mails to sendmail and I'm told that this is not a good idea with mod_perl. I find that talking to SMTP server is noticeably slower although I don't know whether the slowness is just in the initial connection.