>but i am not able to choose the language.Should i go for C(socket API) Ravi is right (>using sockets is more or less the same from any language.)
..try JSP(java server pages), some guys in nit warangal implemented a mail server (foa LAN though)for their minor project. my contention is that using sockets(in c++) will improve your understanding of the protocol suite and improve your programming as well. Ravi Teja wrote: > >> Why don't you use an existing mail server? > > Probably because that was his homework assignment for a networking > class. Not uncommon to be told to implement a server from the scratch > from the RFC. Although that does not explain his concern about > performance. > > Abhinav, if that is the case, using sockets is more or less the same > from any language. Python as usual will be cleaner than C. You might > want to look at Twisted Mail. Use SocketServer module in the standard > library to implement the RFC. Other than that it is silly to try to > write a Mail Server unless you have some extra ordinary need. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list