Email

[BeefyBooyawn]

I have been thinking lately about email systems and how they work. Does anyone know, or can anyone give me some thoughts on it? Because I'd like to know if it's possible to create your own email system with HTML or whatever. Thanks in advance.

[MstrBob]

Yes, you could make your own email system. But make it in HTML? No. You will need to know a Server Side Language such as PHP or ASP. Then, pair it up with a database, such as MySQL or MSSQL. The basic system can work something like this:

There is a database table containing users containing the id's for their emails. Then in another databse table, you can hold the actual email addresses. You have forms to submit the emails and such. You allow the user to look up emails sent to them. That's pretty much the bare bones structure of it.

[BeefyBooyawn]

Got it, I figured that. Thanks!