HOW TO Create a script to create email addresses

[rmail2006]

I have registered a list of domains and was wondering if it is possible to set up a php script that will allow users to create an email at each of them e.g. at englandtillidie.com there would be a form which would let them pick a username and then the script checks if it is free, if it is it will allow them to register it and send emails from [e-mail] etc.

Thanks

[unauthorized]

@rmail2006
You need some kind of database to store taken addresses. I don't see what's the problem.

[rmail2006]

I was wondering what code i would need to create or register the email addresses?

[Dormilich]

@rmail2006
like unauthorized said, you need some means to store the data, this can be a database (like MySQL, which requires the MySQL functions/classes), SQLite (a file (not server) based DB), even a simple file (though this is insecure).

decide what you want and then look for an appropriate tutorial.

[gopan]

try zimbra software...

http://www.zimbra.com/

[rmail2006]

Ok, I'm using php and mysql

I have tried looking for tutorials to allow users to register emails at my domain such as [e-mail].

Has anyone got any examples that will show me how to set up the users email account and let them access it?


Thanks very much

[Niheel]

You'll first need to create a shell script that will create a mail account in your email program (sendmail, qmail, whatever else you might be using). The shell script will also to create a user in the system and set a password.

Take the form data from you php script pass the username and password to the schell script. Enter the username and password into a db for future reference and test for already existing email addresses.

That's probably the quickest way i can think of. Though this seems like a problem that there might already be a whole open source application for.

[rmail2006]

Iv looked all over and cannot seem to find a sell script that allows you to do that :(
Have you got any examples that i could look through?

Thanks :)

[unauthorized]

@rmail2006
... somebody shoot me.

'nyway, you only need to explore the documentation of your mail server and see what parameters need to be passed to achieve whatever you want. Assuming you use 'nix, all you need to do is type "man <name-of-your-mail-client>". On Windows, you need to figgure out which command line switch is used for usage info (typically /?, -h, help or --help) or dig up the documentation of your mail client.

On the off chance you don't know what shell script is, you may want to start with a Google queue "<insert-operating-system-here> shell scripting".