Webmail system script

Question

Hello,

I am planning to launch a free webmail service at mail(dot)com(dot)es where users can signup and have their free webmail account (for example like www.email.gr). I am looking for a free or low cost webmail system script to install on my website. Do you know any free or low cost scripts which would be suitable for this?

Thanks

Answer 1

Squirrel Mail is free

Answer 2

I'm a little biased (because I work on it), but I would recommend RoundCube. It's a full feature IMAP client. It doesn't have a user administration, it's a client-only (just like Thunderbird).

With 0.3, we have a plugin API, which makes it easy to extend RoundCube with all kinds of features.

My second recommendation would be IMP or dIMP (both Horde). IMP has been around for a long time, it's also very extensible. They also have a lot of plugins/addons available.

Answer 3

SquirrelMail is in fact functionally very extensive. The previous comment was naive; that person hasn't ever looked at the plugins available for SquirrelMail - probably the most for any webmail system available. You name it, there's a plugin for it. That includes ones to help you manage all your users, which you will probably need. And you can extend the user management plugin to create a free sign-up page for yourself as well.

Answer 4

AfterLogic WebMail Pro PHP provides webmail front-end for your existing mail server. Fast and clean AJAX interface, POP3/IMAP/SMTP/SSL, LDAP, PDA version, mobile sync, folders, calendar, rich-text editor, address book, web admin panel, skins, UTF-8, MSSQL/MySQL, cPanel support. You can select one of two license versions:

1. a trial license, which supports an unlimited number of users but expires in 30 days, or
2. a perpetual license, which supports up to 5 users and doesn’t expire.

And then, there is a free community edition of full-featured WebMail Pro server application - AfterLogic WebMail Lite.