Creating an email account with php

Is ther a way to create an email account from php?

how do you mean, create an email account?

i just want a user to register and with that registration info create an email account.

ej: user: lindo
email: URL

I don't think there's a universal method of making a mail account. My guess is that you'll have to check with the pop3 and smtp software you're using on your server to see which method you can use

I've never tried doing that myself, so I'm just guessing here

Yeah, Lindset is right, it all depends on the software that you are using.

Besides, you have not even mentioned what type of webserver you are using, which o/s etc.

What i feel is that, the more info you give the better it helps get the solution.

Hi there,

I have the same almost problem. I'm developing an online dating site using PHP and MySQL. I haven't yet found a host to put it because i'm trying to find out more about how i will implement an internal mailing system. Something like this furum uses for its members.

To test the site right now i'm using php 4.0.1 on windows XP with MySQL server the latest version.

The site probabaly will be hosted under linux . I dont think there is there a host that cangive you unlimited pop mail accounts so you can create one every time a user registers and i dont know any hosts that can provide IMAP protocol so i can use the native methods of PHP to implement this.

Can anybody give me an idea how to implement this without having to rent a dedicated server with its own mail server?

I know you can do it with FreeBSD/Postfix/MySQL

You would call a system command using system() or its related funtions. You have to call your host and get the sys admin to give you the command to create the accounts, and you would just call it through PHP.
NOTE: Not all hosts will give you the ability to do this; some are very reluctant in doing so...

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If you are using an IMAP server, you have more flexibility in doing this; and more features.

The Private Messaging system of vBulletin is actually very simple, and doesn't use any form of mailing function or extension.

When User A goes to check their PM's, vB will pull all PM's from the database that are sent to User A.

When User A writes a PM to User B, vB places it into the database, from User A to User B, so when User B checks their PM's, the one from User A shows up.

All it requires is one MySQL table, and a bit of logic

-Jeb.

Guys much obliged for your posts..

after all this programming i did not look the obvious solution..using mysql would be the ideal easy solution to my problem....

did find out though that IMAP server is hard to find on hosts but is something that you definetely want to use if you are into mail accounts.

Cheers!