mysql based mail

[Anon]

what i am trying to do is create a totally web based mail interface that requires no accounts to be added to the actual system. i already have mysql driven user authentication in place and need to continue to use that. i have looked in the code library and can't find anything on that. the closest i came was hotmail 1.2, but that still requires a valid pop3 account. any point in the right direction would be greatly welcomed

[nashirak]

If you are using *nix I have heard good things about qmail and Courier Imap. You can also try using procmail and aliasing to create virtual accounts. Say each time someon registers... an alias file gets written too as well as a procmailrc file (takes the To: header and figures out which directory to put the email). So it would work like this:

• User Registers

  • Alias File is written to saying to put
    anymail for this username and send it
    to a real unix account. Also write
    a procmail file so that when the email
    goes to that real persons account its
    forwarded into the virtual users "mailbox"
  • Reload mailserver files so that it sees the new aliased account

• Email comes in

  • Email forwarded to the real user account

  • Real email account through procmail puts it into the virtual mailbox

• User Checks email

  • File is opened according to username

I am making an email system to this end. (Although it still needs work). But you can still take some of those systems you found and "tweak" them as long as its GPL 🙂.

Hope this Helps!

[shad0h]

this is a great solution. thanx.

but there is one problem

what about systems i don't have root access to? this is why i am looking for a purely mysql/php way to do it

[nashirak]

I dont think so.... You need at least to have some access and control over your mailserver. Get this and you will be able to do more.

If you find another solution post it here, but as far as I know you are going to need to be able to control your mailserver, for virtual accounts.