gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/mailer_and_ciabot b/mailer_and_ciabot
index 9ff240a..a29f227 100755
--- a/mailer_and_ciabot
+++ b/mailer_and_ciabot
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ else
 		echo "X: $oldrev $newrev $ref"
 		refname=${ref#refs/heads/}
 		[ "$refname" = "master" ] && refname=
-		(echo $oldrev $newrev $ref) | $MAILER
+		(echo $oldrev $newrev $ref) | $MAILER &
 		for merged in $(git rev-list $newrev ^$oldrev | tac); do
 			${CIABOT} $merged $refname
-		done
+		done &
 	done
 fi