Questions about webservers

[mybestinternet]

Does anybody know the names of programs that would alow me to set up my own web server. Which would allow me to have subdomains (what i mean by subdomains is http://whatever.mydotcom.com)
And also a program that would alow me to be a mail server also so i could make e-mail addresses like whatever@mydotcom.com...
If anybody could help me that would be great.....

thanks,

-mbi

[Darvocet]

Well to do all of that you're not just going to need and App. You'll need a whole new OS. I would advise checking into Linux. With that OS you can have that kind of setup and all you need is included. There are many distributions to choose from. I personally would suggest either Mandrake 7.2 or SuSE 7.1, either of which can be downloaded for free (IF you have a highspeed connection) or bought at a brick and mortar store. The added advantage to buying them is the printed reference material that comes with them. Good Luck

Darvocet
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[golfcart]

You might have better luck in "general tech" or "networking". Send a mail to socalgal or Mtnsnow and they will probably move this for ya. As per your question, I think your best bet would be a linux box with apache. Quite a chore for a windows user like myself, but well worth it in the long run. You are going to need HTTP, SMTP, POP3, DNS and prolly FTP.
I know this isnt much help but its a start. best of luck to you.

[BBA]

General luck is better...lol

Anyway, go download the FREE microsoft peer web server. It is a dumbed down version of IIS ( Internet Information Server ).

It will work with all Windows 32 bit OS's and will allow you to publish web pagesand FTP directly from your standard windows PC.

[Mntsnow]

You can also look to a app called MINIPORTAL which is based on Apache for Windows machines. and as for DNS you can look into BIND
http://instantservers.com

[wyvrn]

Oooh thanks for the info, BBA and Mntsnow, just figured out a way to hook up a peer webserver at work.