Why is sending mail from PHP from my Vagrant box so slow?

Question

I setup a Vagrant Box (precice64) with PHP5.3 and try to send a mail with it, but it's real slow. I have a simple script like:

$ok = mail('me@domain.com', 'test', 'test');
var_dump($ok);

And execute it on the command line (or browser, makes no difference):

$ php mail.php

The mail gets sent, but the script takes like 30 seconds to a minute to execute! Anyone know what might be causing this delay?

Have you tried sending mail from your vagrant box using sendmail to compare the time? — Mark Baker, Oct 10 '13 at 08:07
https://www.google.com/search?q=php+mail%28%29+is+taking+long+time+to+send — Glavić, Oct 10 '13 at 08:08

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '13 at 08:40

I solved it by following Glavić's link.

I edited /etc/hosts to include the hostname of my Vagrant Box (precise64):

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost myhostname precise64

And added the folowing line to /etc/mail/sendmail.conf:

HostsFile=/etc/hosts

Now it's working like a charm!

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '15 at 19:57

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add this entry to your hosts file: 127.0.1.1 fullyQualifiedHostname

answered Jan 05 '15 at 19:57

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