Mail Servers

[KarterJK]

Now I use Windows XP home version so setting up servers has been a challenge.

I have created my Web Server, FTP server and Database server(MySQL) but...

I get confused when it comes to the mail server portion. I have Perl and PHP installed. But, I dont quite know what I need to do utilize or install sendmail on Perl, or does PHP have and a similar function? Since, its windows OS it even makes it more complicated.

or if I dont use sendmail how I can go about creating a SMTP server

I just dont quite grasp the concept, even after all the reading I have done

Thanks in advance

[PeOfEo]

Do you run all those servers off of your regular box? Or do you have a dedicated comp. Sounds laggy if its your working comp... Sorry I cant help you with the mail server though.

[KarterJK]

my main
www.karterjk.com (http://www.karterjk.com)

You can try it, but its a restricted site
it should load okay

[PeOfEo]

What kind of connection do you have? I have a whole other computer as my ftp and http server (I dont host sites from it). I would expect if you were trying to play a game like counter strike or any other game that has high frame rates that it would take forever to site users to load your site (the site is pretty lean but if that login is driven by a server side langauge ugh). Also how are you driving that login form? I did not see any technical client side scipting and the format is html.

[KarterJK]

Believe it or not I just have a standard Cable connection..
I go through Zoneedit for my domain host name and use a program called Dynasite which updates my IP should it get changed. It rarely changes, been working on this for months now and it has never changed.

I currently have the site restricted only because I am putting everything together for a clansite (JK3 and JK2).

My login is read directly from the YabbSE forum I have....
and I am in the process now of creating datafiles on clan members, etc. The login area, will eventually be for clan members only. And I will get that information, via, the Yabb database and a members database I am putting togeher. Obviously, it is all MySQL..

I wont host a gameserver on this, for obvious, reasons. But, doing it this way makes it much easier to maintain files, etc. Instead, of having to upload everything for testing. However, I did upgrade my cable connection at one time and ran 5 game servers off this machine. The machine can handle it, just needed a better cable line.

Check back in a couple of weeks, I will have my chat up and going, in conjunction with the forum and the site will be open to the public.

Thank you for asking,

Karter :)

[KarterJK]

Oh to answer your other question.
The login is actually turned over to PHP routines. I am just learning PHP. I will eventually, convert everything to PHP once I am better versed on it.

[KarterJK]

By the way I love your site, great job...

[PeOfEo]

Thanks about the site :) I just redid it the other day with css so its nice to hear things like that. I Keep all my server stuff off of this box. I have a pentium 3 with windows 2000 on it that I run as a server and I use for ftp and stuff like that but it doesnt have much ram and would get laggy if I tried to run a site off of it, because for one I would install windows 2k3 on it and that will not mix well with a p3 and 128 ram. But I do run it as a game server when I am at lan parties though.

[Compguy Pete]

What webserver are you running?

IN most cases SMTP is done directly from your web server.

Mail servers are for keeping accounts and mail.

[KarterJK]

Well the problem is I run Windows XP home edition, I have Win2k but dont really want to switch. And home edition has no server support Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

I do have a MySwl server and then just a generic Host site but it is very basic

Thank you

[Compguy Pete]

So you never told me what webserver your runing.... Do you not have one installed on XP home?

Apache will work on XP home.

[KarterJK]

its just a genric software package that handles the port serviceing. And yes I know Apache can reside side by side with XP. But I dont wish to run two different O/S and switch back and forth. and I am not sure I wish to switch over completely.