PHP & Mail Server

They have: 51 posts

Joined: Dec 2002

How would I go about setting up a mail server on my offline web sever (Abyss) so that I could send and receive mails over it offline.

cheers

Renegade's picture

He has: 3,022 posts

Joined: Oct 2002

Ummm, I'm not too sure about this but I think you need to be online to send and/or receive emails.

JeevesBond's picture

He has: 3,956 posts

Joined: Jun 2002

Wha? Of course you can't send/recieve e-mails when your offline...It's a contradiction in terms!

They have: 51 posts

Joined: Dec 2002

bugger, some bad wording on my part.

Is it possible to setup a mailserver on my computer? and if so how would I go about it?

druagord's picture

He has: 335 posts

Joined: May 2003

The two most widely used mail server are probably sendmail and postfix i know there is a version of sendmail for windows but i'm not sure about postfix. both are free and you can search google to find some instruction on them. I always use sendmail probably just because i know how it works but postfix is easier to configure.

IF , ELSE , WHILE isn't that what life is all about

They have: 461 posts

Joined: Jul 2003

if using a posix os, sendmail is already in your os. you just need to use it

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Joined: Dec 2002

yer, thats what 'm after, cheers

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