http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/developer/ is a good starting point. There is also something called "The Apache Modeling Project" that has written a pretty nice document about the Apache server design. -ascs -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 4:45 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [users@httpd] External Modules Hi I am trying to create an external C++ module for input filtering with Apache 2.0.55 and I have a few questions. 1st does the module have to be a C module or can it be a C++ module, 2nd what are the esseintials that my module must consist of to work with Appache and third is there a standard entry point function that my module must implement to be activated by the HTTD. Last but not least how do I set up a test environment to send email messages to the Apache server. Thanks for your help William --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx