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Article #111Re: Mail server question, utterly clueless but a few clues should see me on my way :)
From: Jim M
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:00
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On Sat, 05 Jun 1999 10:09:38 GMT, mike@kempston.demon.co.uk (Mike Mann) wrote: <Hi-jacking thread for my own use here> >Chris Weston ><CWeston@snorter.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >>>Have you read the RFCs that were suggested to you earlier today? > >>Not in depth. To be quite honest, they go into more detail than >>I need. I am more interested in a broad outlook of how the >>communication works, and what I need to connect to. The detail >>that the RFCs contain will be extremely useful once I can >>put them in context. > >The RFCs are really quite readable and you do need to read them in >detail for the syntax. Perhaps the following very short guide may >help: <snipped some SMTP communication> >To gain experience, you could install an SMTP and POP3 server on your >machine and talk to them using telnet. > >Regards, Mike. I know you get these 2 servers + nntp, free on linux CD's, but are there any available for us windows users to mess with ? Jim M - Hoping you won't suggest Exchange Server
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Subject: Re: Mail server question, utterly clueless but a few clues should see me on my way :)
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