Subj : SMTP and POP3
To : Chris Hoppman
From : mark lewis
Date : Thu Nov 07 2002 12:02 pm
CH> hrm, yep. Let me try it this way. SMTP recieves mail
CH> on port 25 and also sends mail on port 25. When it
CH> recieves the mail does it store it in a file format upon
CH> the server? Or, tempary store it until it is -->
well, that depends on the design of the server... some do it this way, others
do it that way and i'm sure that still others do it another way... it really
depends on the design of the server...
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CH> Sorry, I have this source code for a smtp & pop3 server
CH> and want to figure out the code. I just want to use the
CH> smtp to dump the mail it recieves to a file for convertion
you'll have to dig into the code and follow it thru... there is a basic path
even though it may be OOP stuff... since you say that it is (what appears to
be) a smtp and pop3 server all rolled into one, you'll have to locate that
section that crosses the line and gets it to the pop3 server for delivery to
the user... at that point is where you'd cut the line and do what you want with
it...
all in all, though, instead of trying to reverse engineer something that you
don't fully understand, why not just do oyur own smtp receiver and fling the
incomming data where you want it? surely its got to be easier than figuring out
someone else's mess...
its not all that hard, really... the standards are available for anyone to
use...
