RE: [cobalt-users] Re: neomail full web based e-mail ? any ideas?

["Colin J. Raven" <cjraven@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >> > So, I'm
> >> > looking for a script that let's any user to create a
> POP3/IMAP4 account
> just
> > >> filling a simple HTML form.
> >>
> >> Think this over.  Do you really want to allow anyone to
> create a user
> >> account on your RaQ?

> >Yeah you don't want to be the next hotmail right ??
> >
> >What interests me more is the possibility to disallow some
> users/virtual
> >site to use the interface....
> >
> >Is that possible in this package ??

> No, we just want to give some customers the posibility to
> have their own web
> based mail. We'll just install a local webmail script for
> that v-sites. What
> we're looking for is a script that creates a POP/IMAP
> accounts through a
> simple HTML form.
> Thanks,
>
Ummm....just my $0.02 worth here.
If you have a valid user on the RAQ, the simple act of logging in at the
neomail login page accesses their mailboxes.

Now...<thinking> if you first stick a .htaccess file in the appropriate
directory (I know, it's a double login but you can always advise your
customers that this is for their security)

In the .htaccess file you can now define who gets in and who doesn't.
It's definitely not the *nicest* way to do things, in fact it's a kludge
but right off the top of my head it's the *simplest* way to accomplish
the goal you set forth, although admittedly it causes maintenance
headaches down the road. Without getting into perl or some php wildness,
it's the only method I can think of.
Regards,
-Colin
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Colin J. Raven