do i need a webserver to use mapserver?

Mon Sep 20 14:15:41 EDT 2004

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Lowell

The following message was sent by Manjiri Andhare
<manjiri_r at HOTMAIL.COM> on Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:37:13 +0000.

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> <P><FONT color=#ff00cc>Hello!!</font></p>
> <P><FONT color=#ff00cc>Today I'm trying to download and install
mapserver software on my machine. And in the readme file, i found that i
have to copy bin/mapserv.exe to the cgi-bin folder of my webserver.
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> <P><FONT color=#ff00cc>But I don't have any webserver installed on my
machine!! Is it still possible to install mapserver on my machine, if
yes, where should I run mapserv.exe?</font></p>
> <P><FONT color=#ff00cc>Or if someone knows about the availability of
the webserver (or personal webserver) that i can download on my machine,
please give me the details,</font></p>
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