can some 1 explain to me why this takes over 24+ or even 1 week to send an email to the user with his password to be able to log onto my site. the coding is below.
i need the email to be nearly instant!

<?php
session_start();
include_once"includes/db_connect.php";
if (isset($_SESSION['username'])){
header("Location: /game/play.php");
exit();
}

$referal=$_GET['ref'];

$referal2=$_POST['ref2'];

$scriptcheck=$_POST['scriptcheck'];
$scriptcheck2=$_POST['scrip'];
$sc=rand(111,999);

if(!$referal2){
$referal2=0;
}


if ($_POST['Submit']){

// Define post fields into simple variables 
$reg_username = $_POST['reg_username']; 

$email = $_POST['email'];
$email1 = $_POST['email1']; 
$location=strip_tags($_POST['location']); 
$reg_username=trim($reg_username);

$today = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');


$reg_username = stripslashes($reg_username); 
$email = stripslashes($email); 
$reg_username = strip_tags($reg_username); 
$email = strip_tags($email); 


if((!$reg_username) || (!$email) || (!$location)){ 
$message="Please fill in all fields";
}else{
if ($email != $email1){
$message="Emails do not match";
}elseif ($email == $email1){
if($scriptcheck != $scriptcheck2){
print"Script check wrong!";
}else{
if (ereg('[^A-Za-z]', $reg_username)) { 
$message="Your username can only contain letters.";
}elseif (!ereg('[^A-Za-z]', $reg_username)) { 


if (strlen($reg_username) <= 3 || strlen($reg_username) >= 40){
$message= "Username too big or small.";
}elseif (strlen($reg_username) > 3 || strlen($reg_username) < 40){


$sql_email_check = mysql_query("SELECT email FROM users 
            WHERE email='$email' AND status='Alive'"); 
$sql_username_check = mysql_query("SELECT username FROM users 
            WHERE username='$reg_username'"); 

$email_check = mysql_num_rows($sql_email_check); 
$username_check = mysql_num_rows($sql_username_check); 

if(($email_check > 0) || ($username_check > 0)){ 
    echo "Im sorry but there has been an error please read on..<br />"; 
    if($email_check > 0){ 
        print"Your email address has already been used by another gangster!"; 
        unset($email); 
    } 
    if($username_check > 0){ 
        print"Your desired username is already in use!"; 
        unset($reg_username); 
    } 


}else{
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

$random_password44=rand(1111111,99999999);
$time=time();

mysql_query("INSERT INTO `user_info` ( `id` , `username`) 
VALUES (
'', '$reg_username')");

mysql_query("INSERT INTO `users` ( `id` , `username` , `password` , `money` , `regged` , `email` , `location` , `ip` , `r_ip`, `referal`)
VALUES ('', '$reg_username', '$random_password44', '10000', '$time', '$email', '$location', '$ip', '$ip', '$referal2')") or die(mysql_error);



     $userid = mysql_insert_id();
    // Let's mail the user! 
    $subject = "Modern Mobsters"; 
    $message = "Thank you for registering at Modern Mobsters,
    You can login to the game at [url]www.modern-mobsters.com[/url] with the following details:
    Username: $reg_username
    Password: $random_password44


    Please change your password onced you're logged in for your safety.

    Thank you very much for registering

    [url]http://www.modern-mobsters.com[/url] staff.

    Note: This is an automated email, please do not reply as you wont get response."; 

    mail($email, $subject, $message, 
        "From: Modern Mobsters<mailserver@modern-mobsters.com>"); 
   echo "Your account has been registered! Check your email for your password!";
   } }}}}}}

?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Register</title>
<link href="stylesheets/index.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script language=JavaScript>
function so(dis)
{
for (i=0;i<dis.elements.length;i++){ 
    if (dis.elements[i].type=='submit')
       dis.elements[i].style.visibility='hidden';
    }
    if(fs==false){
         fs=true;
         return true;
    }else
        return false;
    }
    function goaway()
{
for(i=0;i<document.forms.length;i++)
 document.forms[i].onsubmit = function() {return so(this);};
}
</script>
</head>

<body onLoad="goaway();">
<table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td class="header">Modern Mobsters</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="18" align="center"><div id="sectionLinks">
      <a href="index.php">Home</a><a href="register.php">Register</a><a href="lostpass.php">Lost Password</a><a href="/screens.php">Screenshots</a><a href="story.php">Story Line </a></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="300" class="main"><p>&nbsp;</p>
      <p>&nbsp;</p>
      <p>&nbsp;</p>
      <p>&nbsp;</p>
      <p>&nbsp;</p>
      <p>&nbsp;</p>
      <p>&nbsp;</p>
      <form action="" method="post" name="form2" id="form2">
        <table width="300"  border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

          <tr>
            <td width="130" height="40" class="bodytext">              Username:            </td>
            <td width="57%"><input name="reg_username" type="text" id="reg_username" maxlength="40" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td class="bodytext">E-mail:</td>
            <td><input name="email" type="text" id="email" value="" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td class="bodytext">Re-Type E-mail: </td>
            <td><input name="email1" type="text" id="email1" value="" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td height="20" class="bodytext">Starting Location </td>
            <td><select name="location" class="ddm" id="location" >
                <option value="England" selected="selected">England</option>
                <option value="China">China</option>
                <option value="France">France</option>
                <option value="Holland">Holland</option>
                <option value="USA">USA</option>
                <option value="Germany">Germany</option>
                <option value="Canada">Canada</option>
                <option value="South Africa">South Africa</option>
            </select></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td height="20" class="bodytext"><p>Script Check: <b><? print"$sc"; ?></b></p>
            </td>
            <td><input name="scriptcheck" type="text" id="scriptcheck" value="" />
            <input type="hidden" value="<? print"$sc"; ?>" name="scrip"></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td height="20" class="bodytext">Referal (optional) </td>
            <td>
            <? if(!$referal){ ?>
            <input name="ref2" type="text" id="ref2" value="<? print"$referal"; ?>" maxlength="40" />
            <? }else{ ?>
            <input name="ref2" type="text" id="ref2" value="<? print"$referal"; ?>" maxlength="40" READONLY>
            <? } ?>          </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td>              <input name="Submit" type="submit" class="submit" value="Register!" />            </td>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </form>      </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<center>
  </td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td height="14"></td>
  </tr>
</center>
</body>
</html>

I dont see anything wrong with your script. I even doubt if its a php problem. Try out with simple examples to check if you get mails instantly ! The problem might be with smtp server ?

I dont see anything wrong with your script. I even doubt if its a php problem. Try out with simple examples to check if you get mails instantly ! The problem might be with smtp server ?

Ok, how would i fix this issue?

Try out a simple mail function first. For eg,

<?php
$to="id@email.com";
$from="From: id2@email.com";
$subject="Test mail";
$body="This is a test mail";
mail($to,$subject,$body,$from);
?>

Check if you get a mail instantly. If you do, then the problem is not with the configuration but in this script(above script). If you don't get an email, then the problem might be with smtp server. Ask your administrator for smtp address and update your php.ini file.

how do i test out what you said?

huh! write a script to send the mail. Execute it and check if you get a mail !

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