RE: Web-mail interface for general use?

by Klaas De Waele <klaas(at)gracegraphics.be>

 Date:  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 13:22:42 +0200
 To:  "'David Sharp'" <David.Sharp(at)sharp-words.com>,
"'hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org'" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
  todo: View Thread, Original
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?
> 
> 
> 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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>  
> 

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