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Answer» Hello What language do we use to make E-MAILs for subscribers ( like yahoo for example ) I think you need to elaborate on your question; you've provided very little info. Exactly what are you trying to do?Hello soybean Hi all I don't want to do, I want to know: by any language yahoo did the service E-MAIL? thank you Quote from: feras on July 25, 2009, 08:55:08 AM ... by any language yahoo did the service E-mail? I have no idea what you mean. Quote by any language yahoo did the service E-mail? What does "service email" mean? Quote from: feras on July 24, 2009, 12:59:16 PM Hello What language do we use to make E-MAILs for subscribers ( like yahoo for example ) usually the best language to send e-mails to people in is one that they speak.Chortle. I suspect Yahoo developed his platform using a variety of different languages. In fact I'm sure of it, because they're certainly using javascript on some of the front end, and they will be using SOMETHING different on the back end. I'd hazard a guess at a MIXTURE of C, one of the OO variants (C++? J#? VB (ha ha ha!)?) and some server side scripting language like Perl or PHP. In addition there'll be a lot of heavy duty SQL going on somewhere.I think it could be done with PHP and mySQL. You just have to be VARY careful with security, especially making sessions and protecting against SQL injection. Quote from: TechGeek on July 31, 2009, 04:14:19 PM I think it could be done with PHP and mySQL. You just have to be VARY careful with security, especially making sessions and protecting against SQL injection. I don't think so... we're talking mailserver here, not web server. Quote from: BC_Programmer on July 31, 2009, 04:30:48 PM I don't think so... we're talking mailserver here, not web server. I think he WANTS to make his own mail service. Quote from: TechGeek on July 31, 2009, 05:31:41 PM I think he wants to make his own mail service. which would require a mail server. a web server could be set up to forward requests to the mail server and serve as a http intermediary to allow usage of the browser to view e-mail (much like hotmail and gmail and the like), but both will require a mail server. a Mail server would require a program or service to run on the machine, explicitly to serve POP3 and SMTP requests. mySQL and PHP on the other hand are more or less designed to be used with a web server that serves HTTP requests. quite different animals with quite different goals. Quote mySQL and PHP on the other hand are more or less designed to be used with a web server that serves HTTP requests. Yes, I often wondered how emails were retrieved, but there are no PHP or MySQL functions to do it. So, some other programming language must be used. I doubt the emails are STORED in a database anyway. Encryted files more likely. Anyway, this topic is old and doesn't look like getting up again... Quote from: kpac on August 01, 2009, 04:22:39 AM there are no PHP or MySQL functions to do it. Correction!Err, yeah.... I saw those. That's not what I was implying!

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Hello

What language do we use to make E-MAILs for subscribers ( like yahoo for example )

I think you need to elaborate on your question; you've provided very little info. Exactly what are you trying to do?Hello soybean
Hi all

I don't want to do, I want to know: by any language yahoo did the service E-MAIL?

thank you Quote from: feras on July 25, 2009, 08:55:08 AM

... by any language yahoo did the service E-mail?

I have no idea what you mean. Quote

by any language yahoo did the service E-mail?

What does "service email" mean? Quote from: feras on July 24, 2009, 12:59:16 PM

Hello

What language do we use to make E-MAILs for subscribers ( like yahoo for example )

usually the best language to send e-mails to people in is one that they speak.Chortle.

I suspect Yahoo developed his platform using a variety of different languages. In fact I'm sure of it, because they're certainly using javascript on some of the front end, and they will be using SOMETHING different on the back end.

I'd hazard a guess at a MIXTURE of C, one of the OO variants (C++? J#? VB (ha ha ha!)?) and some server side scripting language like Perl or PHP. In addition there'll be a lot of heavy duty SQL going on somewhere.I think it could be done with PHP and mySQL. You just have to be VARY careful with security, especially making sessions and protecting against SQL injection. Quote from: TechGeek on July 31, 2009, 04:14:19 PM

I think it could be done with PHP and mySQL. You just have to be VARY careful with security, especially making sessions and protecting against SQL injection.

I don't think so... we're talking mailserver here, not web server. Quote from: BC_Programmer on July 31, 2009, 04:30:48 PM

I don't think so... we're talking mailserver here, not web server.

I think he WANTS to make his own mail service. Quote from: TechGeek on July 31, 2009, 05:31:41 PM

I think he wants to make his own mail service.

which would require a mail server. a web server could be set up to forward requests to the mail server and serve as a http intermediary to allow usage of the browser to view e-mail (much like hotmail and gmail and the like), but both will require a mail server.

a Mail server would require a program or service to run on the machine, explicitly to serve POP3 and SMTP requests. mySQL and PHP on the other hand are more or less designed to be used with a web server that serves HTTP requests. quite different animals with quite different goals. Quote

mySQL and PHP on the other hand are more or less designed to be used with a web server that serves HTTP requests.

Yes, I often wondered how emails were retrieved, but there are no PHP or MySQL functions to do it. So, some other programming language must be used. I doubt the emails are STORED in a database anyway. Encryted files more likely.

Anyway, this topic is old and doesn't look like getting up again... Quote from: kpac on August 01, 2009, 04:22:39 AM

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