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  • 26-04-2010 12:25pm
    #1
    sdliverpool
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭


    Is it possible to send emails and create an inbox for a user on a php based website when using apache / xampp?


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Yep, shouldn't be a problem, but you will need access to an email server.

    Sending emails is easy, you just use the php mail() function.

    Creating and managing inboxes is more difficult because it requires you to make system calls to the mail server. This opens up big security risks, so it's not something you should do in a production environment unless you know what you're doing.

    If you're simply looking for a web frontend for managing a mail server, there are already tonnes of free software out the for it.


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    sdliverpool
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭sdliverpool


    seamus wrote: »
    Yep, shouldn't be a problem, but you will need access to an email server.

    Sending emails is easy, you just use the php mail() function.

    Creating and managing inboxes is more difficult because it requires you to make system calls to the mail server. This opens up big security risks, so it's not something you should do in a production environment unless you know what you're doing.

    If you're simply looking for a web frontend for managing a mail server, there are already tonnes of free software out the for it.

    Which is the best free mail server?Im doing it as a college project so dont think it would be going online only for show


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