Failure of sendmail() causes the registration to fail and the database to be left with the added record

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From: Shlomi Fish
Subject: Failure of sendmail() causes the registration to fail and the database to be left with the added record
Date: 22:06 on 04 Dec 2003

Hi!

I was finally able to debug the problems that I encountered when using the 
registration form on YAPC. The problem is in the line:

sendmail(%mail) or die $Mail::Sendmail::error unless $ENV{YAPCOM_NOMAIL};

in YAPC::Organizer.

Now, this line causes the entire CGI script to die and the server to display a 
strange internal error. I suggest we trap this error, display something nice 
to the user, and print some useful diagnostics to stderr.

I also noticed that the record of the person was left in the database which 
can prevent a re-registration.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish
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Failure of sendmail() causes the registration to fail and the database to be left with the added record Shlomi Fish 22:06 on 04 Dec 2003

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