On Monday 28 May 2012, Gora Mohanty wrote: > On 28 May 2012 22:48, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <r...@linux-delhi.org> wrote: > > On Monday 28 May 2012, Gaurang Aggarwal wrote: > >> The errors are not shown now as I uploaded hostname to fully > >> qualified hostname . > >> I am curious , is there any way to allow web applications to send > >> the mails faster as the time it takes to send the email is about > >> 6- 8 seconds . > > > > Is it just the web application taking longer or command-line too? > > In either case, you need to look at the logs to see precisely > > where the delay is. You can also set OLogLevel=127 in > > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf, restart sendmail and then try sending a > > mail for more logging. > > Pfft! The way most people code, 6-8 seconds is nothing > for a web front-end. Gaurang, what are page-load times, > and response times to the presumable POST from the > front-end? You can measure with a Firefox plugin, YSlow, > if you are not already aware of this.
Nah, badly-configured or slow mail servers can create appreciable delays for users. I've seen (and coded too) pages that send mail, where pressing "Submit" makes the browser hang without activity for 5+ seconds before it starts loading the next page. Nothing to do but fix the mail server usually. Of course, one easy way out is to display a JS message and/or a spinning cursor while the mail is being sent. Users object less to being asked to wait -- it's unexpected delays that make them soggy and hard to light. > > > Worst case scenario, make your application send mail > > asynchronously. Depending on language and package, you could use a > > new thread, a new process or perhaps just a flag to the mail > > library. > > Should normally not be needed, as all the webapp has > to do is to hand off to sendmail/postfix. However, this > might be a problem if the webapp is sending > <shudder>HTML mail</shudder>, and is taking time to > render this abomination. Sad to say, I am now party to > such desecration of what god meant email to be. Different problem. This delay is definitely due to the mail server. > > Sendmail delays are typically due to DNS or bad configuration > > issues. If you are willing to pay me a trifling fee, I'd be glad > > to offer myself as a consultant for fixing this problem. Typical > > trifling fees are half your kingdom and your daughter's hand in > > marriage. > > OK, done. Joke is on you: I have neither a kingdom, nor > a daughter. Well, buy one and abduct the other then. Oh wait, it wasn't you who was liable for the fee anyway! Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur || r...@kandalaya.org || GPG: http://otheronepercent.blogspot.com || http://kandalaya.org || CC68 It is the mind that moves || http://schizoid.in || D17F _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
