WEB BASED MAILING SERVICES A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted in partial fulfilment for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Technology (EC)

in Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

Supervisor: D PRADEEP (Lecturer, EC/AEI Dept.)

Submitted By : Jayant Prajapat(08E1CIECM40P026)

Department of Electronics & Communication Compucom Institute of IT & Management Rajasthan Technical University, Kota May 2012

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Mr. JAYANT PRAJAPAT, a student of B.Tech (Electronics & Communication) VIII semester has submitted his project report entitled WEB BASED MAILING SERVICES under my guidance.

D PRADEEP (Assistant Professor, EC/AEI Department)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I express our deep sense of gratitude to Mr. D. Pradeep for her unflinching support and making herself available for discussion and providing as and when required facilities, whenever needed throughout the duration of the project. No thanks will be completed without thanking all my team members, who have carried out the project development in very cooperative and sincere manner, at times there were multiple views but we acknowledge the way we all reached at a common solution each time.

Mr. Hemant Gupta (H.O.D of EC Dept.)

Jayant Prajapat(08ECIEC026)

Mr. D. Pradeep (Lecturer, EC/AEI Dept.)

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PREFACE
Major Project is one of the most important components in the fulfilment of any engineering course conducted at any level at any college. Each and every one of us would always have an added advantage if we have a chance to come face to face with the equipments and the processes we are being taught in our engineering course .The main purpose of the training program is to expose the trainees to practical experience of the actual industrial conditions in which they are required to work in future. I deem it a privilege to have undergone training in an organization, which has allowed me to see the actual working of the software industry. At the department of information technology; we have been given the chance to be familiar with new technologies.

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ABSTRACT
This project is about developing a web based mail client connecting to a Linux Server running a Mail Server and with APACHE as the Web Server. The Project has the following main functionality 1. Receiving/Sending/organizing mails using POP3 2. Sending mail using send mail 3. Performing Admin functions like managing new user, resetting passwords etc. The key feature of the project is its capability of accessing mails from other mailing servers like Rediffmail, Gmail, yahoo etc. In a nutshell, this system will act as a single window-multiple mail accounts access platform.

Contents
Description
Title Certificate Acknowledgement Preface Abstract List Of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Of The Project Chapter 2: Literature Survey 2.1 Tools & Technology Used Chapter 3: Introduction To Webmail 3.1 Servers Required Chapter 4: Implementation 4.1 Procmail 4.2 Dovecot 4.3 DHCP Chapter 5: Conclusion: Appendices: Appendix A Glossary Appendix B References Appendix C Acronym List
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References

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List of Figures
Description
Fig. 3.1 Message Flow

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Fig. 3.2 YUM Server

Fig. 3.3 Passive Connection Using port 21

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Fig. 3.4 FTP Server

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Fig. 3.5 HTTP Server

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Fig. 3.6 SMTP

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Fig. 3.7 Domain Name Space

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Fig. 3.8 DNS Server

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Fig. 3.9 POP Architecture

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Fig. 3.10 Mail Delivery Using POP3

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Fig. 4.1 Working Methodology Of Mailing Services

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Fig. 4.2 Web Based Mailing services

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Fig. 4.3 Composing A Mail

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Fig. 4.4 Receiving A Mail

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Fig. 4.5 Level 0 DFD

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Fig. 4.6 Level 1 DFD

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Fig. 4.7 Level 2 DFD

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Fig. 4.8 Entity Relationship Diagram

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