If you would like to set email ids then it wud also mean u wud nead to set your own smtp server as creation of email ids would not be a problem on ur side however to recieve emails you must have an smtp server On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Jay Ess <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Vinay Kannan wrote: > >> Hey Guys, >> >> I've been at this for couple of days now, and have no clue where to start, >> and was almost thinking about scrapping the project, It would be great >> help >> if anyone can give me some advice, or guide me in the right direction. >> >> I have a portal, where users would come in and register and create an >> account, as soon as an account is created, I want to be able to auto >> create >> an email ID for them, the server would be Linux, any ideas on how this can >> be done. >> >> > What is an "email id"? > Do you want to create a unique ID depending on the users email that can be > identified only by you? > Then i guess you want to look at hashing (md5,SHA-X...) + salt. > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Regards MANU