emc2k99 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Hey everyone,I want to write a mail client to integrate into my site...Is there an email server that especially used with php? Basically, something that may be the email equivalent to mysql?I visited php dot net, and there is "information" on configuring php, but it is all non-descriptive and pretty vague, so I ask: does anyone know of any good tutorials on the subject?The only real thing I am fuzzy on is setting php up to work with a mail server, after I grasp an understanding of how to set up and then administrate either pop, imap or smtp with php (and eventually, ultimately know all there is to know about the subject), I should be pretty good to go. The commands and keywords are, as usual, self-explanatory.Let me just take a moment to thank this supportive forum community.I appreciate all help as always,emc Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4800-email-and-php-simple-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeB Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 [!--quoteo(post=354396:date=Mar 13 2006, 03:57 AM:name=emc2k99)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(emc2k99 @ Mar 13 2006, 03:57 AM) [snapback]354396[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]Hey everyone,I want to write a mail client to integrate into my site...Is there an email server that especially used with php? Basically, something that may be the email equivalent to mysql?I visited php dot net, and there is "information" on configuring php, but it is all non-descriptive and pretty vague, so I ask: does anyone know of any good tutorials on the subject?The only real thing I am fuzzy on is setting php up to work with a mail server, after I grasp an understanding of how to set up and then administrate either pop, imap or smtp with php (and eventually, ultimately know all there is to know about the subject), I should be pretty good to go. The commands and keywords are, as usual, self-explanatory.Let me just take a moment to thank this supportive forum community.I appreciate all help as always,emc[/quote]php works best with smtp and it's [b]mail[/b] function to use it.. [= Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4800-email-and-php-simple-questions/#findComment-16882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emc2k99 Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 If I can use php to read - and not just write - from an smtp-based server (if there is such a thing, i'm not sure at all), I would. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4800-email-and-php-simple-questions/#findComment-16884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeB Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Oh.. I didn't see that you wanted to READ as well.. I think to do that.. you would need to use SOCKETS.. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4800-email-and-php-simple-questions/#findComment-16887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrbnsn Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Is your host Linux/Unix based or Windows based? PHP can read POP and IMAP mailboxes. See the [a href=\"http://www.php.net/imap\" target=\"_blank\"]IMAP[/a] functions.Most Linux/Unix systems run the sendmail daemon, or some varient or clone like exim. These programs can be set up to send incoming email messages directly into a PHP script which processes each mail message.Read up on PHP & mail in the [a href=\"http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php\" target=\"_blank\"]manual[/a].Ken Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4800-email-and-php-simple-questions/#findComment-16888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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