How To Make An Email Server On Your Home

Want to create your own email server for emails
but, have no idea how? Here is step to step
tutorial with images that explains how to make an
email server on your home computer. Yes, that’s
right; you can also make your own email server.
So let’s start
To make an email server, you need three things:
1. Web Server
2. Email Server
3. Webmail Interface
Web Server:
To make a web server, first you need is to
download “WampServer” software through site-
WampServer.
After downloaded, you need is to install it in your
PC as open downloaded file and then, install it
according to step to step instructions as-
After installed, open wampserver and then, put it
online and also start its all services as this should
put your server open and running.
To check that your server running as simply type
your IP address in browser and open it. If you
don’t know that what is your computer IP address
is as then, open “command prompt” and type in
command prompt a command name “ipconfig” .
Then, you will get your computer’s IP address.
Email Server:
To make an email server, you need is to download
“hMailServer” software through site- hMailServer.
Then, install it in your computer as follow step to
step instructions carefully and install it-
After installed, open- my computer-> c:\
\WINDOWS\\system32\\drivers\\etc
In etc folder open- “host” file in notepad and
then, write after some space to local host – a one
word domain name and then, save and close it
as- >
Then, open hMailServer as installed in your PC
and connect your local host through password.
That password which you give at installed time as
enter password to connect.
After connect- click on add domain and then,
enter your domain name as you gave above in
host file and then, click on save.
After saved your domain, click on- domain name
and on Accounts. In Accounts, type in address-
admin (or any username), give password and also
give maximum size (MB) of your email and click
on save button.
Webmail Interface:
Finally, to make webmail Interface, you need to
download “SquirrelMail-webmail” software
through site- SquirrelMail.
After downloaded SquirrelMail zip files, extract
that zip files in C partition of your computer.
Now the next step is to click on Wampserver- >
Apache – Alias directories – Add an Alias.
After click, you will get a wizard of wamp as type
in- “mail” and hit enter. Then, type- “c:/
squirrelmail/” and again hit enter.
Later this, go to my computer- c partition –
squirrelmail folder (which you extract) – config.
In config folder, changes the file named- config_
default.php to config.php and open that php file
in wordpad and check all details carefully in
wordpad as-
$domain = ‘tinkernut.local’;
$smtpServerAddress = ‘tinkernut.local’;
$imapServerAddress = ‘tinkernut.local’;
$imap_server_type = ‘hmailserver’;
$data_dir= ‘c:/squirrelmail/data/’;
$attachment_dir= ‘c:/squirrelmail/attach/’;
Finally, now open in browser- [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
index.php/ and login your own email server as
type username and password which you given.
Visit above images as clearly representing. Now,
you are able to compose mail as you created your
own email server…