how can i turn my pc into a web and mail server?
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Install apache or liteserve\n\nhttp://www.cmfperception.com/liteserve.html
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A web server application will allow you to host web pages and other files so other people can access your public files.\n\nMost people use web servers to host web sites but any computer connected to the web with the correct software will also work.\n\nPersonally, I use web server software to test my websites before I 'go-live' so that the public do not see my mistakes.\n\nI wouldn't use my PC as a web server because it would just slow down to an annoying level - all those people accessing your files will definitely have an effect on processing power.
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depends on what you mean by *server* and what you want it to do.  Very few ordinary people will need a server, however if all you want to do is sharing files between two or more computers, you can add a hard drive to one of your computers and "share" which is possible in both Windows and Linux as relatively simple operations.\n\nOne thing to make sure is that you should never turn off the power to your *server* as it would stop serving.   If that troubles you you can buy out-of-the-box "network disks" or "network storage" which are in fact a small computer with a disk drive attached.\n\nFor more complex server configurations such as email servers, or web servers for web pages you are better of trying to establish what your internet service provider is offering.
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Yes, you can turn a PC into a router. I suggest using a linux, or BSD distribution as you only need a small amount of disk space and a pentium II should be more than enough for this purpose
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Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options\nChoose the Programs tab\nUnder email, change it to Outlook Express
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Get started at\nhttp://www.cafepress.com\n\nYou can rent a secure server from\nhttp://www.1and1.co.uk\nThey start at £80 a month though.
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I do that by mcrosoft server 2003.\nyou can install the mailserver role for it and it will give you whatever you want.\nyou can register mail addresses based on your domain name.\nthen you can configure outlook express to be the mail client for your network.\nmake sure it works
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Here you have some choices:\nhttp://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download
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If you have cable internet or something else that is high speed, then all you need a server and an understanding of how web servers work. You can use either a windows server or linux (which is free) to run your webserver. You'll need an understanding of IP and DNS info. Unfortunatly there isn't a quick solution to your question.
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you should be able to do a remote desktop, or use www.gotomypc.com, that is what I use when I travel for business to connect to our server.  Hope this helps
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if the file is something like 600 MB or smaller, writing it to a CD-ROM and mailing it (snail mail) sounds like the very simplest way\n\nedit ...\nin many (at least, some) cases, your ISP will not allow you to operate your computer as a server -- at least not with a normal connection, such as cable\nyou need to check whether your ISP supports what you want to do
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download\n\nApache - its a free webserver, then you can run a webserver from the local machine\n\nhttp://apache.org/
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YEAH! Your question is easy because it's done all the time.\n\nI'll assume you have the database.\n\nFirst thing is your email template.  You can do this in the program or a better practice is to keep your emails either in a library or in separate files.  This males finding an email and changing it easier down the road.\n\nNext you write a program you bring the database and the email together like a maillist merge in wordprocessing.\n\nYou program will open the db, grab all the records you want to send the email to and for each one you\nll send the email message.\n\nNow the above is the logic to use no matter what type of server you are own.\n\nIf you are Apache with MySQL and PHP or a combo close then you'd use the MySQL connection your webhost setup as to how to acces it and Apache server email programs is usually SendMail.\n\nA combo of html and SendMail will be the email "code" part of your project.  The SendMail allows you to insert fields, the ones you'll pull from the database into the email.\n\nSo you can send mail with Dear John, etc...\n\nSendMail has greeting, salutaion, body sections which you can write as html or use scripting.  The trick is the receivers email must understand html and not block it and any scripting commands like Yahoo does.\n\nIf you're .NET the email namspace to learn more is System.Net.Mail, same logic applies, only thins has more stuff built in for you to play with.  The database or datasource can be Access, MSSQL, Oracle or MySQL and other dbs, it's Microsoft so more db makers are out there for the environment.\n\nNow, after you'd picked up the quick info on the command, you'll use save you fingers some headaches and go to a code site like CodeProject or DevSource and grab some free code doing emailing for the language and server you're using.  You may have to tweek the fields they'll use and of course your email not will be different.
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Open the mail merge wizard. It will help you do everything you want to do.
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You can do this yourself easily with PHP. There are dozens of explanations online, or "PHP For Dummies" will walk you through it. All you need to know is if your Web hosting company supports PHP and allows you to use the PHP mail() function.
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Use Yahoo Mail or GMail or similar web based mail on both machines.\n\n///
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use outlook express to do that. you can copy and paste images in the mail content over there.