pop3 mail server

lukeUCD

hi

does nebody have any info on how to set up pop3 mail on a server so i can send messages to it and then dowmload them using a email client ?

cheers

seamus

Are you trying to program one from scratch?

lukeUCD

no, i presume there are programs out there.. sorry im fairly in the dark about this!

Hobbes

Try the computers forum. Should be able to help there.

mneylon

Which OS? Windows or *nix?

hostyle

lukeUCD wrote:

hi

does nebody have any info on how to set up pop3 mail on a server so i can send messages to it and then dowmload them using a email client ?

cheers

http://www.google.ie/search?q=win32+mail+server

SolarNexus

if your using windows, most non-lite versions include IIS which can serve webpages and mail.By non-lite versions I mean, windows 2000 / windows XP pro etc. not win XP home for example

you install IIS via the control panel applet "Add/Remove programs"

things begin to get complicated when doing it using 'nix so I cant comment there.

mneylon

SolarNexus wrote:

things begin to get complicated when doing it using 'nix so I cant comment there.

Not necessarily.

rsynnott

SolarNexus wrote:

if your using windows, most non-lite versions include IIS which can serve webpages and mail.By non-lite versions I mean, windows 2000 / windows XP pro etc. not win XP home for example

you install IIS via the control panel applet "Add/Remove programs"

things begin to get complicated when doing it using 'nix so I cant comment there.

Hmm, have you ever tried setting one up on UNIX? It's not that bad...

oscarBravo

SolarNexus wrote:

things begin to get complicated when doing it using 'nix so I cant comment there.

"apt-get install ipopd" would do it on my server.

SolarNexus

let me rephrase, it gets more difficult for me to install it on 'nix; no more so than anything else I suppose, not a user friendly OS type.