I would like to add a Hotmail / Yahoo-like email service to my Web
site, giving users the ability to sign up for accounts, etc. I'm aware
of commercial products like www.everyone.net for this.

Question: what, if any, open-source software packages out there could
I use instead to achieve the same goal more cost-effectively?

It is important that users can create their own accounts, i.e. that
they do not have to rely on my setting them up with the accounts /
email addresses.

Thank you.

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 26 Jul 2004 01:43 PDT

Hello, marcfest:

You can take a look to SquirrelMail at:

SquirrelMail
http://www.squirrelmail.org

Is a PHP application that let you run your own webmail. It's open
source, so you can request for any developer to add the extra code to
allow user registrations.

Is that information useful to you?

Regards.

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Clarification of Question by marcfest-ga on 26 Jul 2004 08:17 PDT

I use SquirrelMail. It's not what I'm looking for. I am looking for a
software that comes with the ability for users to sign up for their
own accounts. Also, it should have the appeal and functionality of
something like Hotmail or Yahoo Mail.

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Request for Question Clarification by hummer-ga on 29 Jul 2004 05:11 PDT

Hi marcfest,

Have you looked at Thunderbird?
"This surprisingly full-featured open-source program is a snap to use...?
- PC World
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Regards,
hummer

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Clarification of Question by marcfest-ga on 29 Jul 2004 13:29 PDT

This does not look like what I'm looking for: a linux server-based,
multi-user HOTMAIL-like, Web-based email system giving new users the
ability to sign up just as users can at hotmail.com. Unless I'm
mistaken.

Must the software be fully open source, or would software composed
mostly of OSS, that runs on OSS platforms, but has a commercial
component, be acceptable?  Note that source may still be provided for
you to customize, but obviously this couldn't be redistributed.

Thanks,


Chris