Apache as non-http listener

"bob Smith" <bobsmith(nospam)@bobsmith.com> wrote:
 >Can apache be used as a non-http listener? I need to recieve a xml request
 >from someone and then return an xml file back to them. Someone told me to
 >instead of write my own listener use apache. Any help would be appreciated.

I think Apache 2 has a POP-module somewhere, that'd mean it can be
used as non-http. But I guess you'd have to write your own Apache
module.
You might want to ask it in one of the comp.infosystems.www.servers.*
groups, since this is where some of the Apache team members hang
around now and then.
Good luck and regards,
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"johannes m.r." <psychosos.TakeThisOut@gmx.at> wrote in message
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  > >Can apache be used as a non-http listener? I need to recieve a xml
request
  > >from someone and then return an xml file back to them.

 > I think Apache 2 has a POP-module somewhere, that'd mean it can be
 > used as non-http. But I guess you'd have to write your own Apache
 > module.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://httpd.apache.org/modules/" target="_blank">http://httpd.apache.org/modules/</a> has a POP3 module listed (not sure if it is
for Apache 1 or 2) to demonstrate the use of Apache for other protocols.

However, XML is not a protocol, so what protocol would you deliver your XML
over? I'd recommend HTTP, in which case Apache will do this out of the box.

Richard.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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