Mail Server Questions

[vwiley1]

Hi,

I am trying to make a Internet Email Server.

I would like to know the commands used by mail servers to transmit data through pop3. I have got the smtp part down, the customer or whomever which I give an email address, can almost send mail to another person across the internet. They click send in there mail program, they connect to my computer, and my computer gets the message. Now I want to be able to send that message to the email address they specified, I do have an MX Record (so I know this is possible) (I am currently using a mail server on my pc, which I don't like very much, but it works).

I could forward the message through my ISP's mail, but they would get mad, so I need to send the message directly to the other email's server. Again, I need the commands used to communicate between the 2.

Vince Wiley

[Clunietp]

hope this helps:

http://www.amaranthnetworks.com/ietf/std/std53.txt

[vwiley1]

not quite what I was looking for, but your headed in the right direction. Thanks for trying.

Vince Wiley

I would like to add a little clarification to this real quick. Ok, let's say I wanted to send a mail, I use my ISP's mail server, and they do what they want with the email and send it to the server of the person I am sending it to. I want to do what my ISP is doing, I want to be the one communicating with my associates server, I want to bypass my ISP's mail server altogether, and make my computer the mail server. I have my own domain name, DNS, MX Records(for Mail Handling). I just need to know the commands that me as the mail server, needs to send to my associates email server, so he can get the mail. If anyone can help that would be great. I am using a mail server now that was made by someone else, it is lacking some very important features that I need, which is why I want to make my own mail server. A mail server would also allow other people to send mail using an account I provided for them @mydomain.com.

Vince