MrXander Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hi, Hoping this is the right place to post this. I am looking to make my own mail system, similar to gmail, where users can sign up to a free email account, for example [email protected], and be able to login via webmail to check their email. Only problem is, I'm unsure of where to start. Is there anything that I can read on how to get this started? Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/98804-mail-portal/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrXander Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 *bump* anyone? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/98804-mail-portal/#findComment-505875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyIS Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 start here: <?php ?> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/98804-mail-portal/#findComment-505884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccabe Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 WHat level of experience are you? DO you know php and/or mysql at all? How prepared are you with your idea? DO you know what features, fucntions you will provide? will it litterally be an email address they get or will they get webmail, pop3 access, virus scanning? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/98804-mail-portal/#findComment-505889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrXander Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 start here: <?php ?> Cocky git are you? WHat level of experience are you? DO you know php and/or mysql at all? How prepared are you with your idea? DO you know what features, fucntions you will provide? will it litterally be an email address they get or will they get webmail, pop3 access, virus scanning? I have 3 years experience with PHP, just never attempted anything like it before. I have been brainstorming for a few weeks now. I have a basic look & feel to the site, and I have a list of functions & features noted down for the project. Originally, I would like just webmail access, but obviously, to keep up, pop3 access would be something I'd look into over time... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/98804-mail-portal/#findComment-505894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccabe Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Then just start off with something like the user registration and profiles Get it so someone can register and create the mail id and password, then allow them to configure some options like signatures, out of office etc. you will need to get very familiar with the best way of storing large amounts of data in mysql tables and think long and hard about the structure of the database cos as it stores more and more it is gonna have to be very quick. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/98804-mail-portal/#findComment-505897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrXander Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Then just start off with something like the user registration and profiles Get it so someone can register and create the mail id and password, then allow them to configure some options like signatures, out of office etc. you will need to get very familiar with the best way of storing large amounts of data in mysql tables and think long and hard about the structure of the database cos as it stores more and more it is gonna have to be very quick. That's the easy bit, I know how I'm going to do that. The thing is, I need possibly a mail handler? Something that will not only create the email address, for example, [email protected], once the user signs up, but also be able to pick up email sent to [email protected], via the web access... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/98804-mail-portal/#findComment-505903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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