How to create a Web site in which user can create his mail account
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Hello Forum I am new for this concept. I want to create a web site in Asp.Net using c#.Net in which user can create his mail account like in code project,yahoo or gmail etc...like abc@gmai.com Do i need my own server?or the domain space will be sufficient on any server? Any Basic Technology required? Can any bdy tell me some steps to follow in the creation of that Web site My basic Confusion is how and where to store the Mails and their format...? Thanx n Regards Rahul
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Hello Forum I am new for this concept. I want to create a web site in Asp.Net using c#.Net in which user can create his mail account like in code project,yahoo or gmail etc...like abc@gmai.com Do i need my own server?or the domain space will be sufficient on any server? Any Basic Technology required? Can any bdy tell me some steps to follow in the creation of that Web site My basic Confusion is how and where to store the Mails and their format...? Thanx n Regards Rahul
The domain name is not sufficient for hosting a mail server. The hard way will be to create a Mail Server web application, but actually there are a lot of ready solutions, so you can go the easy way, i.e. register a domain name and tie it with Google Apps[^], it's free and setup takes minutes. But, if you really want to go for your own mail server, start by reading the following RFCs: RFC 821 - SMTP[^] RFC 1939 - POP3[^] RFC 3501 - IMAP4rev1[^] PS. RFC - Request for comments, this is basically the description of protocols. SMPT/POP3 - are protocols for sending/receiving e-mail, IMAP4 - is also a mail protocol, but a very sophisticated one.
Regards, Lev
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The domain name is not sufficient for hosting a mail server. The hard way will be to create a Mail Server web application, but actually there are a lot of ready solutions, so you can go the easy way, i.e. register a domain name and tie it with Google Apps[^], it's free and setup takes minutes. But, if you really want to go for your own mail server, start by reading the following RFCs: RFC 821 - SMTP[^] RFC 1939 - POP3[^] RFC 3501 - IMAP4rev1[^] PS. RFC - Request for comments, this is basically the description of protocols. SMPT/POP3 - are protocols for sending/receiving e-mail, IMAP4 - is also a mail protocol, but a very sophisticated one.
Regards, Lev
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Hello Lev, Thanx for ur reply and sorry for cross posting. Lev can u send me any link or help regarding tying my domain name with google apps...I am not able to getting u exactly.. Thanx again Lev.
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Hello Lev, Thanx for ur reply and sorry for cross posting. Lev can u send me any link or help regarding tying my domain name with google apps...I am not able to getting u exactly.. Thanx again Lev.
Just like Eliot said :) But with Google Apps you won't need to purchase a hosting and pay for e-mail addresses, just a domain name is enough. I've already given you the link, but here it goes again Google Apps[^]. Read their tutorials and you'll have everything straightened out. PS. I switched to google apps a couple of months ago, and it's really cool for a free product (they do actually have a commercial version with more options, but you decide what you need ;))
Regards, Lev