A vague title I know, but hopefully someone will understand what I'm wanting and know of a solution... I hate not being able to access all of my e-mails on any computer in the world - instead I have to use my laptop with two users (one work, one home) to access around 10 e-mail accounts. What I would like is to be able to sign into an online client (for example email.mydomain.com) and access them all. I know this is possible - but can I do it on my host (php, mysql)? And is there a free/open source solution? One last requirement - it needs to pick up hotmail, along with accounts from several different domains. Any suggestions?
You could transform a existing pc/server into a mail gatherer (I can't get to the right name right now), use hotmail popper to get hotmail email addresses, and then just make that pc/server a host for the gathered mails. There are existing systems for this (OpenSource Software, therefor free), just google around...
Good to know that it is possible! Ideally, I'd like to be able to use my webhost server, as it would be easier to setup with subdomains etc. and would be on 24/7. I'll try google then - but anyone else have any recommendations or other info? Consolodating all my e-mail into one web-based solution is what I'm after.
You could use Fetchmail on a linux box, and have the mails delevered to a local mailbox (on that server), and have a webbased mail program (like squirrelmail/horde) to read the local mailbox (which consists of the fetched emails) I once found a guide, but I can't seem to find it anywhere... And don't have the time right now. I'll try to find it when I have some time.
Squirrel and Horde are installed on my webserver already, though I've never used them. So I can manage that - I will look into Fetchmail too. It looks like it will need something anyway to grab all the e-mails and then for Squirrel/Horde to provide a front-end to it all? I'll see what I can do and I'll await the time that you have more time, afterall, time is precious.
Time isn't that precious, I just have to redo some exams that I can't fail again, or I'll be kicked out... EDIT: here you have a guide that bundles fetchmail and squirrelmail (and some other stuff) i, a server... I'll google some more, Organic Chemistry is way too boring... And for the hotmail problem, gotmail or hotwayd will get that sorted for you
