IMP is good, but if you're not running your own e-mail server or if you can't allocate a POP/IMAP account to each user, you might like to have a look at VAMP at http://undead.thegraveyard.org/vamp.html
You have all mail sent to anyaddress@yourdomain delivered to a single POP account, and VAMP then examines the headers to determine which messages are for which of your "virtual users". I've set up a (highly customised) version for a new site I'm doing. I've not thoroughly tested its reliability yet, but it's a good stopgap solution for us, until we get big enough to outsource that side of things.
Because it uses a mySql database, we've been able to completely integrate account creation into the registration pages for our site quite easily.
The one thing I would say is that VAMP is probably only suitable for a relatively small number of users (maybe under one hundred?)
Hope that helps,
Kevin
Shiloh wrote:
As i stated in my last message, I would also like to offer my users, when registered an email account @mydomain.com that they can check via the site. I dont know the best way to go about this but i know I want it to be integrated into my site and my design completely so they never feel like they have had to leave my domain for anything. What would you guys suggest?
Thank You
Shiloh
