Hi
Is it possible to get e-mails from a Linux server with a CGI program written with C. The server gives shell accouts to users and they have to check their a-mail with telnet ( :P ) so I decided to write a CGI program that will make it possible to check the e-mail with a web page. Do you know any library or any example code?
first of all... everything is possible.
and to "get" e-mails... it doesn't matter it's a linux server or just a lame ass billy-soft... you address the POP3 server on port 110!
to do that, you will need to know socket programming or as in windows it's called winsocks... and you will need to learn the POP3 protocol, to be able to work with it.
So, what you will need to do is:
1) Find the address of the POP3 server.
2) Learn socket programming. --> Beej's guide to socket programming - for C/C++
3) Learn how to work with the POP3 protocol, how to "get" e-mails from it, and like it.
You have a long way, but it worse it... if you like that SHlT
Last edited by Devil Panther; 06-22-2003 at 12:11 PM.
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you might be able to cheat with some system() calls.
as you said... CHEAT
but you can then only use it with *nix systems... since windows doesnt' have any prompt based e-mail programs.
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really? what did they do why back when there was dos?but you can then only use it with *nix systems... since windows doesnt' have any prompt based e-mail programs.
if he had to he could try to compile sendmail for windows. other linuxy things have been compiled and worked.
thats not going to help teach him sockets now is it? also the POP3 protocol is super duper easy.Originally posted by mart_man00
you might be able to cheat with some system() calls.
mart_man00 , are you claiming that DOS came before unix?really? what did they do why back when there was dos?
what are you, a Billy lover?
the idea is to make a program, which is not based on "anything", but itself!if he had to he could try to compile sendmail for windows. other linuxy things have been compiled and worked.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Windows didn't have internet capabilites untill Win95 when Gates realised how much money he could make with it. Before that, MS was against the internet and they thought it would be something that would go away. You did have internet in the Macintosh i think. As Devil Panther pointed out, UNIX came long before MS-DOS did. If you had DOS you did't go on the internet. But then again those where the days when you could finger around without worries. Before spam and the people who are using computers because they see it on tv...Originally posted by mart_man00
really? what did they do why back when there was dos?
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flamefest in no time now.mart_man00 , are you claiming that DOS came before unix?
dos was around for a while, it was popular for while, dont you think sometime in history some programmer wrote a dam email program for it!
i threw it in because of this line
he can do it either way. it will still be a program with a bunch of system calls. granted, he wont learn as much but this kind of stuff takes time. if hes none, if he doesnt think he can pull it off or if he just want to make sure it will work hes better off with the system calls.but you can then only use it with *nix systems... since windows doesnt' have any prompt based e-mail programs
o yeah, i dont remember him saying "the idea is to make a program, which is not based on "anything", but itself!"
i missed this.
i think your right, but dos was used for awhile there most of been something back then. if not, we have the programs now.Correct me if I'm wrong, but Windows didn't have internet capabilites untill Win95 when Gates realised how much money he could make with it.
Perhaps I am wrong as well, because it might have just been some sort of update my cousin had gotten a while after win95 was released, but they were using the internet on their win3.1 system. But then again like I said I could be wrong because they were still using win3.1 way into the days of win95.
Alittle late tyouk
Yeah, the internet is old. Before it was really the internet there was still people using it.
AFAIK Windows 3.11 was Windows for Workgroups, which did have networking capabilities.
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