ASP.NET Webmail Engine

Question

A friend of mine asked me today if there is any open-source or commercially available Webmail/Email "engine". When I asked her what she meant by engine, I got a list of features her boss asked for -

• Web interface to login & access e-mails
• Ability to send/receive/forward e-mails using the web interface
• Ability to compose and save drafts using the web interface
• Ability to delete emails, empty deleted items folder using the web interface
• Ability to search e-mails (by Sender's e-mail, Subject, Content)
• Maintain and manage a contacts list (of e-mail addresses) using the web interface
• Allow users to synchronise their e-mails with iPhone/Windows Mobile smartphones

I found SharpWebMail to have some of the features, although it has not had updates in recent times, last update was in April 2006. I am inclined towards using ASP.NET, the proposal is to primarily use the e-mail in conjunction with an intranet (developed in ASP.NET). If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

indy

Answer 1

There is

• gmail http:/www.google.com/mail
• Outlook Exchange with Webmail http://www.microsoft.com/EXCHANGE/default.mspx
• Yahoo mail etc
• http://www.eudora.com/
• http://www.bynari.net/products/server/products.html
• http://atmail.com/

try google "mail server with web client" or similar

Answer 2

I'd use gmail apps for the web portion: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html

Excellent web interface, and you can have addresses of the form [email protected] (not just @gmail.com)

It has mobile support and also allows the use of other clients using pop or imap if you need to use desktop software for synching etc.

Answer 3

AfterLogic WebMail Pro .NET provides webmail front-end for your existing mail server. The fast, clean and modern-looking AJAX user interface makes it easy to access mail, calendars, contacts and other data.

Users can check, preview, search, view, compose, send and otherwise process mail, organize messages in Inbox, Sent, Drafts and other folders, create new folders, set mail filters, signatures and other options. To compose, reply or forward messages, plain-text or Rich-Text editor can be used. Mail viewer correctly and safely displays HTML messages (blocking javascript and external images) and fully supports international charsets and UTF-8. Arabic and Hebrew users can choose RTL (right-to-left rendering) option.

Address Book can store contacts and groups, supports search and export from Outlook (CSV file).

Calendar module lets users schedule events, share them with other users, make them available to public, export into iCal or synchronize with your MS Outlook using Outlook Sync Add-in.

Users can have their own settings, including time zone, charset, interface language (supports English and many others, easy to add new ones).

WebMail Pro supports IMAP quotas, multiple accounts per user (even on different mail servers) and multiple domains. Flexible database configuration: can store e-mails in database (completely or headers only) or take them directly from mail server (Direct mode), supports MS Access/MS SQL/MySQL.

User interface has two modes: AJAX interface for modern browsers and simple HTML for mobile devices like PDA.

WebMail Pro is shipped with the source code (customization allowed) and integration API: your script can bypass WebMail Pro login screen and log the user directly in the mail account.

The web-based administration panel and web installer makes it easy to install and configure WebMail Pro. Ready to use by ISPs and hosting providers. Live demo, free 5-user version and 30-day trial.

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