[ILUG] webmail

[Alan Horkan]

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions wrote:

> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:32:33 -0000
> From: "Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions"
>     <michele at blacknightsolutions.com>
> To: tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie, ILUG <ilug at linux.ie>
> Subject: RE: [ILUG] webmail
>
> > Is something like that provided by all ISPs?

Tim,
just in case you haven't already used it there were three webmail systems
being used in Trinity College.

the oldest was a websystem labelled as eudora although not necessarily
having anything to do with that company but I think they finally hid it
away, i just cannot find it anymore.

One is a fairly crappy commercial system you can see here
http://webmail.tcd.ie/

Another one running IMP is here
https://mymail.tcd.ie/
(IMP usually gets mentioned on ILUG
right after squirellmail)


The IMP website
http://www.horde.org/imp/

SquirrelMail website
http://www.squirrelmail.org/

> > Also, I wondered if one has a PC attached to the internet,
> > can one always download email from a web-mail server?

sometimes they allow you to export your whole mailbox for download, it
varies on the setup of course.   Trinity allow you to download your mail a
as an .mbx file.

> That would depend on both the ISP setup and the client software in use.
> Yahoo do not allow pop3 access unless you pay for it, for example, while
> Hotmail is integrated into Outlook.

Does Online.ie still allow POP access to their Webmail (which runs IMP) or
was that always something unofficial that John 'Kate' Looney left enabled?
I haven't use my Online.ie account in ages because they provide free
forwarding which works beautifully for the rare occassions I want to use
my online.ie mail address, you might consider giving them a mention.

- Alan