Thanks again Ted. I followed the link and looked at the Wikipaedia article on Winsock. I now have a much clearer understanding of what people are talking about! I'll follow up on it in slow time and try and understand more about it. I now understand *why* you recommend SMTP!
John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > First, I'd suggest you identify and narrow down the areas you'd like > to learn more about. "Winsock" is the Windows implementation of the > 'sockets' feature of networking, something like individually named > slots that applications use to communicate with each other. Mail > technology is a layer above that, with MTAs, MUAs, SMTP, IMAP, POP and > those acronyms are explained on many fine pages like > http://cr.yp.to/mail.html. Google is your friend. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
