Hi All I'm running apache 1.3.14 mod_perl 1.23 on red hat linux 6.2 kernel 2.2.17 sendmail 8.9.3-20 After switching to mod_perl from plain cgi scripts I find that sendmail processes are hanging around after http requests are supposed to have served. many of my scripts heavily make use of chunks of perl codes like open S,'|/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -oi' or die $!; .. .. close S or die $!; With plain cgi scripts I ran sendmail in daemon mode; it was configured NOT to listen i.e. it only sends mail NOT receive. After switching to mod_perl many sendmail processes hang around after the requests are supposed to have served. So I decided to kill the daemon. But I'm still getting these processes hanging around. Any idea? I would think that once close S statement is reached perl would release any attachment to sendmail and thus from that point on whether I use mod_perl or plain cgi scripts would not matter. Thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]