Receive mail via sockets

[tomfmason]

Ok I am attempting to create a script that will accept in comming email. I thought that sockets would be the way to go.

This is what I have so far(this is an extreme beta verson)

[code]
<?php
$port = "25";

$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
if ($socket == false) {
    die("Error in createing the socket, the error code is " . socket_last_error() . "
    and the error message is " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error()));
}
if (!socket_set_option($socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1)) {
    die("Unable to set socket option. The error is " . socket_last_error() . "
    and the error message is " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error()));
}
$bind = socket_bind($socket, NULL, $port);

if ($bind == false) {
    socket_close($socket);
die("socket_bind failed. The error code is " . socket_last_error() . "
    and the error message is " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error()));
}
$listen = socket_listen($socket, SOMAXCONN);
if ($listen == false) {
    socket_close($socket);
    die("socket_listen failed. The error code is " . socket_last_error() ."
    and the error message is " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error()));
}
socket_accept($socket);
while (socket_recv($socket, $mail, 77, 2)) {
    echo "$mail";
}
usleep(10000);
echo "This test worked and we are listening on port $port";
socket_close($socket);
?>[/code]

All this does is listen to port 25.

My first question is how can I have this script  continuously listening to the port?

Should I use [code=php:0]socket_read()[/code] instead of accept?

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks,
Tom