georgevasiliadis / mailserver

Simple CLI-based mail server/client written in Java

MailServer

What does MailServer do

Short answer:

Nothing really useful or cool :(

Long answer:

This project has been developed for academic purposes and thus it might not seem all that fancy. However, it is a good starting point for anyone who wants to get started with application layer protocols. Some cli-based, simple, general-mail features are provided:

• Account management
• Email creation/ deletion/ transmission
• Email preview

About

This is a very simplistic approach of Email server-client protocol, written in Java.

How to use

Prerequisites

• Latest release from releases center
• Java 8+

Steps to execute

1. Run java -jar MailServer.jar.
2. Provide a listening-port for server to run. Note down the IP and the port (the one you just provided) of the server.
3. Run java -jar MailClient.jar.
4. Supply the MailClient with the noted IP and listening-port from earlier step.
5. Enjoy e-mailing (like... wow)

Contribution

Feel free to extend any aspect of MailServer. Contributions are being accepted via pull-requests on forked repos.

#ambitious