This seems to word for me. Replace your "mail code" where I exec ('sleep 60')

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use CGI;
use Errno qw(EAGAIN);

my $pid;
my $page = new CGI;
print $page->header(),
    $page->start_html();
    FORK:
    {
        if ($pid = fork())
        {
            print <<HTML;
<CENTER>
In the parent process<BR>
HTML
            print $page->end_html();
            exit;
        }
        elsif (defined $pid)
        {
            print <<HTML;
<CENTER>
In the child process<BR>
HTML
            print $page->end_html();
            close STDIN;
            close STDOUT;
            close STDERR;
            exec ('sleep 60');
            exit;
        }
        elsif ($! == EAGAIN)
        {
            print qq(Re-doing fork\n);
            sleep 5;
            redo FORK;
        }
        else
        {
            die qq(Can't fork: $!'n);
        }
    }
[download]

Hope this is of more help than the first posters comment. We all had to start once

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.