E mail Server

hi every body
my name is ali and i am from pakistan
could u plz help me in making e mail server in php mysql and apache currently i am working on windows 2000 platform

thanks
ali safwan

You need an email server first of all. PHP and MYSql won't help you there. There are some good free ones for windows. Try mailenable: http://www.mailenable.com/

Then for users to access their mail through a webmail interface you can setup IMP: http://www.horde.org/imp/

It is free and is developed in PHP using mysql as the backend.

thanks laidbak

its so nice of u to guide me

i will try it and let u know
but what's the function to recive a mail



alisafwan

I personally have a FreeBSD server. I run Sendmail, for the mail server, which comes installed by default on FreeBSD (you just have to turn it on). I am using QPopper as my POP3 client to receive mail. Both seem to work great! You could also do the same setup on a linux system as well as others I am sure.

For windows, sendmail isn't available, and I haven't used one personally, so I can't help you there.

http://www.sendmail.org
http://www.qpopper.com

thanks jinx

sir i am really greatful to u for helping me
l will try it and let u know actully i am working on my final project of Engineering and Mail server is one of its module

so nice of u

ali safwan

personally I'm using Mandrake linux 8.0, with qmail and vpopmail installed.. better security imho

No problem, glad to help
In order for a user to send mail to someone, that user needs to have access to what is called an SMTP server. SMTP servers basically wait for a connection to be made on port 25. Once an email client (such as outlook) contacts an SMTP server it does a few things.

1. If authentication is required it will send username/password
2. It needs a domain to send the message to
3. It needs a username @ (at) that domain to send to
4. It needs a message
5. It also needs to know from who this message is sent

Once that is done, the smtp server creates a mail packet and sends it off.

Hi ever Body!
once again i need your help

i am trying to mail by php using apache mysql and on windows 2000 envoirment

the setting of my php.ini files are

//*****************




[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = city.ciit.pk
; for Win32 only


; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = me@localhost.com ; for Win32 only

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
;sendmail_path =



//****************



and i am using mail sever given on the address below

http://www.mailenable.com/


and my mail code is

//*************************************************


<?

$letter = "
Congratulations on successfully ";
$mailheaders = "From: Admission Officer CIIT \r\n";
//$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: bcs_f99_008@comsats.edu.pk";
mail("bcs_f99_008@comsats.edu.pk","Interview Call", $letter, $mailheaders);
echo 'mail send 1';
?>




but i am getting error


Warning: Failed to Connect in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\1\mail\emails.php on line 14
mail send 1



plz help me i am too worried

thanks

Try changing me@localhost.com to a valid one.