Webmail advice...

WebMonkey

Hello!

I am trying to write myself a little webmail thingy...

I have a little question though. Would you check for new messages and then store new messages in a database and run the whole thing off a backend database. Or...would you, when you display a list of all the messages, or anything to do with messages, drag it off the mail server (connect and disconnect because I don't know how to keep a connection going over many pages...)

Any advice would be fantastic!!

Thanks youuu!

Paul

piersk

Neither. I'd just use an IMAP server and use the imap functions to connect to it. After all, whats the point in storing them in a db when you have an excellent storage system in the form of a mail server?

WebMonkey

I only a pop3 mail server, not an IMAP one. I don't seem to be able to set a flag saying whether the message has been read or not. Is there a way to do it without using the database then?

Thanks, Paul

piersk

Take a look at the imap functions. They can also be applied to pop boxes.

for example, [man]imap_headerinfo()[/man] can tell you whether the message has been read or not

WebMonkey

Hi, yeah, I'm getting the status, but I am having trouble with actuall setting the status. I currently have the following...

$mbox = imap_open($MAILSERVER,$user,$pass);

imap_setflag_full($mbox, $mailNumb, "\Seen \Flagged");

This doesn't appear to work though, any ideas?

Paul

piersk

Take a look at the first comment here

WebMonkey

That says flags cannot be set in pop3, well, they can, but they are reset when the connection is closed. So the e-mail messages are always going to appear unread.

Is there another way of marking it as read?