Why JFactory::getMailer()->sendMail(....) takes long time to send an email?

[nobody]

Hi,

When I call JFactory::getMailer()->sendMail(....) to send an email, it took about 3 - 5 minutes every time, is it normal or not? How can I reduce the time? If I send an email from my Linux mail command in bash script, it only took seconds in the same host.

Thank you.

Kind regards.

[Nils Rückmann]

How do you send mails ? smtp, mail, sendmail ?

[nobody]

On Thursday, March 7, 2013 4:57:50 AM UTC+11, Nils Rückmann wrote:

How do you send mails ? smtp, mail, sendmail ?

smtp.

[Nils Rückmann]

Areyou using smtp for joomla or in your bash script ?

[nobody]

On Thursday, March 7, 2013 9:28:23 PM UTC+11, Nils Rückmann wrote:

Areyou using smtp for joomla or in your bash script ?

No, I was using mail.

 

[piotr_cz]

My first thought is that it's not an issue within Joomla, but smtp
server.

I mean, on most hosts php setting max_execution_time is 30s.
This means when script is running for more than that (3-5min), it's
stopped by PHP and you'll see white screen of death and/ or an error.

Try comparing email settings in Joomla configuration to these you use
for sending from bash. Maybe one of the settings makes it run extra
time on smtp server