Comments on: Web-Based IMAP Email Client

Question: Web-Based IMAP Email Client

jruckman — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:45:18 -0800

I'm looking for a web-based email client: something I can pull in all my IMAP accounts with at one time (preferably into one merged inbox), something free (although I'm open to paid solutions as well), and either something remotely hosted (like web2mail, but with simultaneous access to multiple accounts) or a PHP/JavaScript/what-have-you solution I can install on my webserver. Any ideas?

By: ajr

ajr — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 08:47:57 -0800

I have used Oddpost for several years (and it's the only reason that IE is ever opened on my computer). Unfortunately, they were purchased by Yahoo! and don't seem to be activating new accounts.

By: 5MeoCMP

5MeoCMP — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:07:15 -0800

I've installed and used (successfully):

Squirrelmail -- quick and easy to set up, no Javascript required. I don't think it does multiple IMAP account, though
Horde. More dependencies and more awkward to configure, but more feature-crazy than a metrosexual geek on speed. Does handle multiple mailboxes.

If you have the time to play with setting it up, I'd recommend Horde and IMP -- Horde is an application framework, and IMP is the webmail bit, but there are other nifty projects that can sit on top of Horde and give you things like calendaring, time management, etc.

By: dmd

dmd — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:33:43 -0800

I've been using (a single install of) Squirrelmail to host 150 users across 9 domains for the last 4 years, and I (from the administration perspective) and my users (from the usability perspective) are deliriously happy with it.

By: craniac

craniac — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 11:27:56 -0800

I've tried using OS X mail.app to read gmail's pop3, but it won't retrieve any messages after a certain date. I figure if Google can't do it right, POP3 is fundamentally broken.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 11:29:56 -0800

For the record, you meant mail2web, right?

By: blag

blag — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:59:12 -0800

I think 5MeoCMP is correct about sqmail only accepting one IMAP account at a time, but it's my choice too. If you control the mail server, why not just send all the mailboxes to one account?

By: majick

majick — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:21:45 -0800

Acmemail is no longer under active development, but it works just fine and is extremely straightforward to install.

By: devilsbrigade

devilsbrigade — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:31:10 -0800

Horde. Tops everything.

By: el_lindo

el_lindo — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 22:35:55 -0800

Try cdrmail. It's free and mostly done in ajax. It is still in beta, but quite functional. It'll even do rss feeds of your email.