fakemail in python not working on windows (os.fork)

[old_iron]

hi guys,

having failed to install the perl version of fakemail (http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=611257 - thanks anyway Kevin!) I downloaded the python version and it works fine if I manually invoke it from the command line or a .bat file.

I cannot however get the following test case to run: http://www.lastcraft.com/fakemail.php

The problem (seems to be) with the --background parameter sent to the script:

fakemail.py --host=localhost --port=10025 --path=. --background

Because if I run that from the command line, it shows the error: AttributeError: object has no attribute 'fork'

A quick Google search shows that python on Windows does not use os.fork() (among other os functions it seems).

If I use fakemail without the background parameter then the manual scripts work, but the test case just hangs (since I presume PHP is waiting for fakemail to terminate before running the rest of the script).

I'm stuck!! Any help appreciated, I've been wrestling with this for a few days now..

[old_iron]

The problem code is here apparently:

def become_daemon():
    # See "Python Standard Library", pg. 29, O'Reilly, for more
    # info on the following.
    pid = os.fork()
    if pid:  # we're the parent if pid is set
        os._exit(0)
    os.setpgrp()
    os.umask(0)

According to http://effbot.org/librarybook/os.htm
I can use spawnv to replicate this process but I don't know python at all so I'm not sure how.

Any help or suggestions to run fakemail.py alternatively would be much appreciated!!