in reply to Just starting Out !

As noted, there are plenty of mail servers available, you want to use someone else's or install one, not rewrite the wheel. But if you are setting up your own, you might find that using Perl to filter your mail is a good way to learn more Perl. For details read up on using Mail::Audit. (I have not used it, but it looks handy.)

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Re^2: Just starting Out !
by tadman (Prior) on Aug 10, 2001 at 01:38 UTC
    Just as a note, QMail is a really speedy and robust server that has the advantage over sendmail, the "traditional" mail exchanger, of being more modular. This makes it easy to insert or replace parts of QMail with Perl.

    Since you can pick and choose what you want to replace, it is fairly easy to get going and add features. Admittedly, learning QMail is not super simple, but it is far easier than Sendmail or any of the contemporaries. A good book would certainly help get you on your way, and there is a mailing list which can come in very handy.
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