RE: Web-mail interface for general use?
by Klaas De Waele <klaas(at)gracegraphics.be>
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"'David Sharp'" <David.Sharp(at)sharp-words.com>, "'hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org'" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org> |
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Using NTMail by Gordano here as mailserver. No problems at all to date.
Webmail feature. Most mailservers have some sort of web-based-mailreader.
- Kayjey -
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]Namens David Sharp
> Verzonden: maandag 17 september 2001 15:54
> Aan: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> Onderwerp: Web-mail interface for general use?
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>
> Hi,
>
> One of the reasons web-based e-mail services are so popular,
> particularly with casual Internet users, is that they allow you to
> consult and reply to your mail from wherever you are, as long as you
> have access to a connected machine.
>
> What I'd like to know is whether anyone's created a package that an
> Internet hosting service could install for their customers, and which
> would allow them to offer a similar mail-management interface.
>
> I imagine that one problem with such a system would be how to manage
> mail volume limits, as consultation over the web interface is likely
> to imply leaving the associated mail on the server. However I'm sure
> that could be reasonably easily fixed.
>
> If such systems exist, they could be really cool - and if hosting
> services offered them, it would be even cooler.
>
> I am aware that Hypermail, which I've recently been using to create a
> web-based archive and which I find really good, could answer part of
> this problem - but not all of it.
>
> I could easily use Hypermail to create a password-protected page on
> my Web site that would display all my incoming mail, including any
> attachments. But it wouldn't allow me to reply to my messages using
> my own "reply-to" address, or to sort my mail).
>
>
> Anyone have any info on any such system?
> --
> David Sharp, journaliste, France <mailto:david.sharp(at)sharp-words.com>
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