As is known, maintaining a large email list requires email to be sent to many addresses. A convenient solution should be to fork off the process so the user doesn't have to wait at a browser window for completion. I have tried this method of forking and yet the forking stops invariably before it goes through the entire list, at random spots in the list. Usually, it gets through about 140 to 200 emails before giving up. Is this a specific server problem or a general issue. Code below, any comments would be helpful. 
unless ($pid = fork) {
  unless (fork) {
    close (STDOUT);
    foreach (@emaillist) {
      if (check_email($_)) { 
        open(MAIL,"|$mailprog -t") || print "Can't open $!";
        print MAIL "To: $_\n";
        print MAIL "Reply-to: $adminemail\n";
        print MAIL "From: $adminemail\n";
        print MAIL "Subject: $subject\n";
        print MAIL "\n$body\n";
        close(MAIL);
      }
    }    
    &process_complete;                    
    exit(0);
  }
  print "Content-type: text/html \n\n";
  print "Sending emails in the background. close your
         browser";
  exit (0);
}
waitpid($pid,0);

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