writing a Mail Server

[sujatasingh_orlando]

Hello,
I have to implement a mail server type program for a project using
python. I have already implemented smtp and pop3 protocol to send and
retrieve mail at the client side. I used an existing mail server
account to test the code. Now, I need to write the functionality of the
mail server end. My goal is to receive emails from a few accounts, look
at the to addresses and forward it to different mailboxes. And,
different users should be able to pick up mail from their mailboxes.
I am new to python and from what I have learned, I need to use
SimpleSocketServer. I am not clear about how it will get an email type
file and then put it in the right mailbox.
I don't need to do too much fancy address checking, spam filtering etc.

Is there a simple way to approach this? Will really appreciate the
input.
Thanks

 

[Manlio Perillo]

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Hello,
I have to implement a mail server type program for a project using
python. I have already implemented smtp and pop3 protocol to send and
retrieve mail at the client side. I used an existing mail server
account to test the code. Now, I need to write the functionality of the
mail server end. My goal is to receive emails from a few accounts, look
at the to addresses and forward it to different mailboxes. And,
different users should be able to pick up mail from their mailboxes.
I am new to python and from what I have learned, I need to use
SimpleSocketServer. I am not clear about how it will get an email type
file and then put it in the right mailbox.
I don't need to do too much fancy address checking, spam filtering etc.

Is there a simple way to approach this? Will really appreciate the
input.
Thanks

Twisted.


Regards Manlio Perillo

 

[Steve Holden]

Hello,
I have to implement a mail server type program for a project using
python. I have already implemented smtp and pop3 protocol to send and
retrieve mail at the client side. I used an existing mail server
account to test the code. Now, I need to write the functionality of the
mail server end. My goal is to receive emails from a few accounts, look
at the to addresses and forward it to different mailboxes. And,
different users should be able to pick up mail from their mailboxes.
I am new to python and from what I have learned, I need to use
SimpleSocketServer. I am not clear about how it will get an email type
file and then put it in the right mailbox.
I don't need to do too much fancy address checking, spam filtering etc.

Is there a simple way to approach this? Will really appreciate the
input.
Thanks

Look at the SpamBayes project, which IIRC has proxies for both SMTP and
POP3, which should be easy to adapt to your purposes - you don't really
need a full server implementation.

regards
Steve

 

[gene tani]

Hello,
I have to implement a mail server type program for a project using
python. I have already implemented smtp and pop3 protocol to send and
retrieve mail at the client side. I used an existing mail server
account to test the code. Now, I need to write the functionality of the
mail server end. My goal is to receive emails from a few accounts, look
at the to addresses and forward it to different mailboxes. And,
different users should be able to pick up mail from their mailboxes.
I am new to python and from what I have learned, I need to use
SimpleSocketServer. I am not clear about how it will get an email type
file and then put it in the right mailbox.
I don't need to do too much fancy address checking, spam filtering etc.

Is there a simple way to approach this? Will really appreciate the
input.
Thanks

i didn't check carefully, but i think it's all laid out in the Oreilly
twisted book

 

[sujata]

Thank you to everyone. Looks like, I have got reading to do.