E-Mail Server

[Venkatesh]

Hwello,

I have been trying to set up an E-Mail system for my domain for some time, and each attempt has been only vaguely successful.

My first version was a very crude assembly which only worked when the moon was in a correct phase. It consisted of a Java program, which was activated by incoming SMTP connections. It just pretended to pay attention to the incoming email, but did nothing to the incoming data. This was because I don't know how to do file I/O in Java. Meanwhile, I had a packet sniffer (snort) running as well. When the Java program was activated, snort started recording all incoming data. Finally a perl script mutilated the logs to make email from it. This system could only receive email, but it was a start.

Version two is my current setup. Im running the Postcast SMTP (Free) Server. The server is only meant to be an outbound machine, but it can receive emails, if it is instructed to not automatically forward email. However I have to VNC into the server (a windows 2000 machine) to read my email, which is inconvenient. And, Postcast doesn't have POP3 support, so no email client here.

For some time, I have been trying EzMTS. I have been unable to send email outbound, but I can receive email and use Outlook to read it and all that. I tried it with the SMTP Server and POP3 server components running. I still can't get outbound to work, so I am leaving that setup dormant.

So now I call for help. Do any of you know of any good email server systems (SMTP and POP3/IMAP)? And can any of you help me set one up? I have had no luck with sendmail on windows.

Thanks