I need a web-based email service immediately!!! (a service where you can both receive as well as send email from your own POP3 account via a web-based screen)

I don't mind paying a small fee for no ads or automatic footer tag lines in the messages.


I was using Webbox (Mailstart) but suddenly the seem to be gone! Not just not working, but the site doesn't even work now!! Very odd since I was using them as recently as 2am last night.

I know about POP3NOW but it doesn't seem robust enough for my needs.

Thanks!!!

If is thats urgent, then use a yahoo, hotmail etc. account and set the reply-to address to be your normal POP3 address.

That means no-one will notice that you are using Yahoo unless they look carefully and their reply to will work as well.


Webbox seems to be working from where I am !

Interesting, I know you can receive POP3 at Hotmail but didn't know you can send as well.

Yea, Webbox came back but it's unreliable. Had sign in and slow response problems yesterday too. I need backups.

Typically it doesn't matter since I'm on my on PC most of the time. But some times I'm "on the road" and need to be able to not only receive but send email from a public PC.

Jaiem,

I don't believe that it sends out via your POP account. It justs has the reply to address set. You can still see that it originated from hotmail.

There's nothing clever here. You have the option on both Yahoo and Hotmail (and indeed most of the other major mail services) to set a reply to address - so the mail is sent out from yahoo etc. but in the reply to field, the user will see your proper POP3 mail and not jaiem@hotmail.com which does not look good to your customers !!

However, some mail clients/servers show that the mail originated from a Yahoo etc. origin so it is not a perfect solution.

However, it is great in emergencies. I tend to prefer the use of a laptop on the road with an offline Exchange folder which fully syncs back in the office PC email so I do not lose any history of email etc.

But, we still need full mail access via the web and the world is still lacking in this area. Webbox is getting close - shame it's unreliable.

Yea, it seems like such a simple thing to provide and there is the need. Wonder why no one has taken up the cause?

(NOTICE: I get a royalty fee if anyone reading this develops the product! )

You could consider running Feriepost (a web based php/imap/pops/smtp script) on the domain in question.

Gary

go here mail2web.com

Perhaps, this will work for you, http://www.pandamail.net/

i cant remimber the script location but you can view a sample on my server go here http://www.shoalsonline.com/instantWebMail/index.php then send me mail from there to erich@shoalsonline.com or admin@the same and ill send you the script it is so easdy to install you just put it on the server and boom it works!!!! I think it is the bomb and if course you can customize it with css or html files or any way you want in about ten minutes it has logout option auto check option and sendmail all kinds of goodies..LOOKS LIKE YAHOO KINDA

Does the script give you the equivalent of an email client on the move i.e. the ability to send and receive email via any POP3/SMPTP server?

Also, when you've retrieved the email where is it stored or does it just leave the email on the server until you get back to the office ?

Finally, can you store sent emails in case you want a record of sent emails (most people in business would require this facility) ?

Thanks