Custom mail server-like application?

[SyntaxBubble]

Hello everyone. I have not done much work with sockets, although I can program with WinSock fairly well. I would just like to know if I could get "practice", you might say, with sockets like this:

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1.) Program a server application, containing the folders for each user in the same folder as the server

2.) Wait for incoming connections

3.) Message will look something like this:

• To: MyUser2
• From: MyUser1
• Subject: My Message
• Message: Testing ... Test, 1, 2, 3 ...

4.) The server will get the "To: MyUser2" string and put the message in the corresponding user's folder, making the filename in this format: My Message - MyUser1 Where it's the **Subject - FromUser **

5.) Make a client application

6.) Client will allow the user to read messages from the server and compose new messages

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I just want to know if this would help me at learning sockets more than I already do. If you have any questions/comments, please reply or send me an AOL IM at "Binary 10essee" without the quotes.

[Codeplug]

If you are interested in just getting some WinSock practice then consider a project that consists of mostly socket/communications code. Although a mail server/client project is a great allround project in general.

A simple text-based chat server/client comes to mind...

SyntaxBubble: So how do you like my chat system?
CodePlug: This thing rocks!
SyntaxBubble: Darn skippy!

gg

[SyntaxBubble]

Thanks for the information, Codeplug. I may do a text-based chat application first.