Creating an SMTP Server - Optional

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1. Create a text file. Give it any name you like.

2. Click on logfile, then go to the object inspector's "FileName" property and point to the location of a text file that you've created.

The reason for doing this is to see the communication between the pop3 client and your pop3 server. Also it makes it easy for you to debug.

GUI

We do not actually require a GUI for the server, but for debugging purposes it is useful, so I'm putting this in the optional section.

Add eight labels, a memo and two buttons, and arrange them to your liking. You should have something like this:

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