[Gllug] php MySQL Webmail solution

Robert McKay rm at accucard.com
Mon Oct 14 10:25:28 UTC 2002


On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Tethys wrote:

> "Paul McCourt" writes:

> >I'm using my hosting providers 'Webmail' solution and to be honest it's
> >a bit of a clanger, I've googled around but I wanted to know who as used
> >what in the past and what your experiences were, I need something lite,
> >good few features though, php3/4, MySQL is available if needed, and the
> >email is on pop3.

> My personal experience is that a web browser make a poor interface
> for accessing email. Avoid webmail unless you really don't have an
> option...

> Tet

In the past (on airport / hotel and some cyber cafe `web browser stations'
that only let you use the browser), I used this sort of webmail:

ftp://me@mail.server.com/var/mail/me

Of course.. who runs ftpd now..

-Robert.


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