Python vs C for a mail server

[Ravi Teja]

>> Why don't you use an existing mail server?

Probably because that was his homework assignment for a networking
class. Not uncommon to be told to implement a server from the scratch
from the RFC. Although that does not explain his concern about
performance.

Abhinav, if that is the case, using sockets is more or less the same
from any language. Python as usual will be cleaner than C. You might
want to look at Twisted Mail. Use SocketServer module in the standard
library to implement the RFC. Other than that it is silly to try to
write a Mail Server unless you have some extra ordinary need.