This page is dedicated to documenting my work with Perl, that ubiquitous scripting language that we all love.

SMTP::Server (Latest version: 1.1 on 12/27/99)

This module for Perl implements a complete, RFC compliant SMTP server entirely in Perl. It works on both Win32 and Unix platforms without modification. So, if you've been surfing this site, you know there's a story behind everything...a buddy of mine (you know who you are), came to me with a problem -- he had a script that needed to send out email, but he had no SMTP server he could use to get it done. I said "Sure! That's a no brainer. I can write up a quick SMTP server in Perl in a couple of hours." Believe it or not, I did write it in a couple of hours. That was in March, 1999. 1.0 made it onto the 'net in July of 1999. The delay? A new job, RL, and life. That, and I have to admit, the documentation really sucks on how to make a good Perl module, so I had to experiment around a bit and poke through a few other people's modules to get it just right. So, the result? SMTP::Server -- a highly extensible and customizable implementation of an SMTP server than can be extended to do things like SPAM blocking and filtering, auto-routing of certain messages, or just simple relaying if you need an SMTP server in a pinch that just needs to relay stuff out to the 'net. If you decide to implement any extensions or addons to SMTP::Server, I definitely want to hear from you. I'm thinking of writing a SPAM/RBL extension and perhaps a few other things. Any ideas? Please drop me a line. Better yet, contribute some code. :) As always, if you use it and like it, I'd love to hear from you.