listening on ports...

[fakeh]

I would like to create a very basic pop3//smtp email system in php can anyone help me with the basics of listening on ports and receiving//sending data?

[victordb]

User fsockopen and functions like that it is all in the PHP Manual so look there before asking here.

[elfynmcb]

Well,

If i were you i would use the mail() function to send the outgoing e-mail and use the IMAP functions to retreive the e-mail (i know it says IMAP, but it also supports POP3 and NNTP as well).

Take a look at the section 'IMAP functions' in the 'Function reference' part of the manual:

www.php.net/manual/en/