for newbie on networking like me, i hope somebody could give
some light about my question. what is a mail server, what is it
use for, and probably how to make one or is it possible to
make one at home?
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Jump to PostA mail server is a host that provides email services. They generally can send and receive, store mail for users and support a variety of email protocols. It is possible to set up a mail server wherever you have a TCP/IP network.
Jump to PostSo if your company has a domain name, you can start by querying DNS to find out if they have an MX record. That would indicate the presence of an SMTP server. Note that the SMTP may or may not actually be the server that hold mailboxes. It depends on …
Jump to PostCouple of items here for clarification.
Email services can be run on a server. That's established. The Server that services certain domains (i.e. someone@company.com) 'could' be in your network, it 'could' be hosted by a 3rd party company, it 'could' be a cloud style email (i.e. gmail, yahoo mail, etc...).
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