> I am working on developing some unix based e-mail tool. So I was wondering if any of the netters know any books or location of some software which will be of some help to me. I need to use "socket" feature of unix to read and write messages to and from other sites.
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> Any Help In This Matter Is Greatly Appreciated
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>Moin
A quick five minute intro to IPC programming using sockets is in the book "Berkeley Unix A Simple and Comprehensive Guide" by James Wilson. This book has a REALLY terse explanation and examples but it was a good start on the subject for me.