*Recieving* emails with PHP, possible? If yes, how?

[shachi]

Hello PHP experts,
Can anyone tell me if recieving email could be done in some way(without any third party softwares like squirrelmail, etc. pure PHP)?? Or should I use something like CGI or perl?? This question has been bugging me a lot for quite some time. Any information about this fact would be greatly greatly and greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Twey]

No, it's not really possible (unless you particularly wanted to write a POP or IMAP server in PHP). You'd be better off running a normal POP server then accessing the mailbox via PHP.

[shachi]

Oh, Thanks Twey, do I need a real(physical) server or can I use other servers too(for e.g some free webspace servers)?

[Twey]

You can use anything with a POP/IMAP server.