What programming language is used for mail servers?

Asked By Matthew F McKinney 40 points N/A Posted on - 10/19/2014

I am curious what programming language I should learn to create my own Mailserver. I am not looking to compete with the big names, just pla y. For example, gmail, yahoo, msn. To dynamically add @ domain.com emails and enable users to check and send e-mails. What should i do ? Need guidance.

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Answered By Richa Rathl 0 points N/A #187686

What programming language is used for mail servers?

Mail servers can be composed in about anything. Normally the greater ones (sendmail/exim) are c/c++ at the same time, you can essentially compose one in anything you pick. Its all an enormous content discussion in the event that you take a gander at how SMTP functions.



In spite of the fact that somebody may wish to utilize PHP for that, remember that certifiable mail server has significantly more things to do that simply listen to an association on a port. The primary issue it is a long running procedure and php was never planned no has inherent apparatuses for taking care of this errands. PHP was constantly implied for short-timed assignments like creating HTML page, transforming client data, and so on.

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