hi
i am working on web mail server like yahoomail, gmail through asp.net c#. I am not clear with how the thing actully works means i have install IIS so whether I need to install SMTP or pop server separately and how to link database to the server to store message.

thanx

Prashant Jain

Hi Prashant,

What would you like exactly to do with the web mail service you are referring to? Are you trying to install on locally, or to write some code of your own that accesses an online web mail system system like Gmail and the such?

Alex
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I believe they are literally trying to write a WebMail service and, if that is the case, you can not use the SMTP service that is installed with IIS.

That service will not allow you to create alias's, mailboxes, address books, etc. You will need to have a mail server behind your web application to implement this correctly.

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