PHP script seems to lag ?

[Rapidex]

Hello,

I have the following script on a php page on my site:

<?

if ((!$realname ) or (!$telephone) && (!$email)) {

echo "Please fill out all fields before submitting.<br>Thank You";
echo "Please use the 'Back' button to continue.";
echo "<a href='publications.html' onclick='self.history.back();'>Back</a>";
exit;

}

$message="Name: $realname\n\n".
"Address:\n$address_line_1\n\n".
"Post Code: $postcode\n\n".
"Telephone: $telephone\n\n".
"Email: $email\n\n";

mail("[e-mail]","$subject","$message","From:$email\r\nReply-to:$email");
echo "<p><br><br>Thank you for your submission.</p>";

echo "</p><a href='publications.html'>Back</a>";

?>[/B]

The user comes to this php page from an html page that has a form in it. Everything works fine and when they fill out the form and click the submit button, I receive the email that the above script generates - the only problem is that I don't receive the email for about 30-45 minutes ?.

Does anyone know why this script takes so long to send the email that it generates ?

Thanks for any help.

(P.S I an a php newbie so I hope this all makes sense)

[TheDefender]

Check with your webhost to see if they are enforcing any type of delays on emails sent through PHP and form submissions.

If you are sending to Hotmail, I will tell you this: I see about a 15 minute delay personally... Do you have an email with a different host you could try out? When I send to non-Hotmail, mine seem to go through faster most of the time.

[Rapidex]

Excellent - thanks for the advice Defender. I will try this with a real email address and also ask my host if they enforce any delays on emails through php - thanks for your help 🙂