[H-GEN] Using Perl scripts to send mail

[Rick Phillips]

I have a friend who uses my server as a host for his volunteer
organisation.  Being a coder by profession he has "done his own thing"
with perl to construct his whole web site.  We have a query about mail.

The scenario is that people who wish to act as volunteers fill out a web
based form which adds their names and email addresses to a text based
file.  He then uses as his data base to send newsletter emails from time
to time.  He also uses this for announcements which are small (30k).  He
uses the perl mail::sendmail to send this mail but finds that it takes
six or more seconds to send each email.  My server runs qmail which I
have used for many years and find to be rock solid and absolutely
trouble free.

Is the 6 seconds or so normal or should we be expecting something much
faster?  Should he be trying a different method.  Qmail can be used from
the traditional sendmail call.

Thanks in advance,

Rick