***************************Reguler Mail*****************************
Example: Yahoo Email Tutorial (source: yahoo.com)
Original Yahoo! Mail Tutorials
Yahoo! Mail Beta
Overview (new)
Yahoo!
Mail Beta Tutorials (new)
Most Visited TuTorials
• Searching
for Messages
• Managing
Your Mailbox
• Accessing
(Popping) Non-Yahoo! Mail
• Accessing
Yahoo! Mail
• Sharing
Photos in Yahoo! Mail
• Composing
and Sending Email Messages
Yahoo! Mail Basics
• Getting
Started With Yahoo! Mail
• Composing
and Sending Email Messages
• Receiving
Email Messages
• Managing
Your Mailbox
• Accessing
Yahoo! Mail
• Searching
for Messages
More About Yahoo! Mail
• Working
With Drafts and Sent Messages
• Filtering
Mail
• Protecting
Yourself From Spam
• Using
SpamGuard
• Using
AddressGuard™
• Accessing
(Popping) Non-Yahoo! Mail
• Working
Safely With Email Attachments
Yahoo! PhotoMail
• Sharing
Photos in Yahoo! Mail
• Selecting
Photos for Yahoo! PhotoMail
• Editing
Yahoo! PhotoMail
• Receiving
Yahoo! PhotoMail
Yahoo! Address Book
• Getting
Started With the Yahoo! Address Book
• Adding
Contacts to Your Address Book
• Working
With Categories
• Working
With Lists
• Advanced
Address Book Tasks
*****************************Web Mail*********************************
Example: Squirrel Mail (source: Squirrelmail.org)
1 - Introduction to SquirrelMail
So what exactly is SquirrelMail? It's a web interface to email that's written
in PHP4. It was designed to allow email access through your server from anywhere
in the world via the Web. More information about exactly how it does this and
the IMAP protocol can be found here.
1.1 - The Basics
If you just have a quick question, you might want to look at the FAQ.
SquirrelMail is laid out in two main sections called frames. The left frame
lists the currently subscribed folders. More information about the left frame
may be found under the "Folders" section of this help documentation.
On the right is where most of the action will take place. At the top of the
page is a menu bar. Sign out will safely log you out of the program when you
are finished. The Current Folder displays which of the folders listed in the
left frame you are currently in. Right after you log in, by default your INBOX
will be shown.
Under the top bar is a row of menu choices:
o Compose - Make and send an email which may include attachments.
o Addresses - Holds a list of addresses that are contained in your personal
address book.
o Folders - All folder manipulation takes place under this. You can delete,
create, rename, subscribe, and unsubscribe folders.
o Options - Change settings of how SquirrelMail responds and looks.
o Search - With this tool, you can search through a mailbox for given criteria.
o Help - You are already here!
2 - Message Index
The name may sound complex, but this is just the list of email messages that
are in a particular folder.
2.1 - The Message Index
After you click on a folder, you will be taken (in the right frame) to the message
index. This lists messages in the selected folder. Below the menu choice is
a line which informs you which mails you are viewing numerically and how many
total you have.
For example: Viewing messages 20 to 30 (45 total).
Notice that the total message count might be different from the unread mail
count which is to the right of the main mail folder.
A bar containing four buttons is next. On the left side is a drop down list
box. This box lists your currently subscribed folders. Any selected message
will be moved to the selected folder when the move button is pushed. Multiple
messages may be moved at once. On the far right side of this bar is a button
used to delete selected messages. Just select the junk mail and press the button.
To the left of the Delete button are two buttons which allow you to mark selected
messages either as Read or as Unread.
A bar containing three fields (From, Date, and Subject) is next. These headings
separate the message table into logical parts. From tells you who sent you the
message, or at least what email address it came from. Date shows the day which
the email was sent. Subject displays what the sender entered as the subject.
Note: Between the Date and Subject columns is a small column that is unlabeled.
There could be a "+", "!" or an "A" in there.
If you see the "+", that means that the message has attachments; if
you see the "A", that means that you have answered the message, and
if you see the "!", then the message was marked as urgent!
What remains is the actual message table. You will notice that unread messages
are bold while viewed messages are in normal text. Four fields form this table.
On the far left is a select box. When selected, the message on the same line
is subject to the actions previously discussed (moving, marking (un)read and
deletion). The Toggle All link at the top of the list allows you to check all
select boxes at once.
Under the From header is listed whom the message is from. Surprising, we know.
But hey, you don't have to read this. The date is listed next, and finally the
subject.
If your mailbox contains many messages, the list will by default be split into
multiple pages and the first page will be displayed. To view other pages, use
the Previous and Next links at the top and bottom of the message list. You can
also jump to a specific page directly by clicking one of the numbers (each represents
a page). If you click Show All you will disable the so-called paginating and
all messages will be displayed on one big page.
3 - Reading an email message
Click on the subject of a particular mail and that message is displayed. One
thing you will notice is that email and web addresses are live links so you
can click on them and send an email or open a page. Another really nifty feature
is that mail threads are color coded. The standard for a reply is to quote the
previous message with ">" before every line. SquirrelMail sees
this and color codes them. A replied message will have a different color on
the reply than the new text. This works two layers deep. Another menu bar is
now presented below the main menu choices. This bar is in three sections. On
the left side you may delete or return to the summary. In the middle direct
navigation between messages is made possible. On the right, various mailing
functions are presented.
3.1 - Message List
Click this link to return to the folder from which you came.
3.2 - Delete
Click this link to delete the message being currently viewed. All attachments
of deleted mail are deleted as well. You can prevent the loss of attachments
by Downloading them first (explained further in this chapter).
In this context, deleting means that the message will be moved to the folder
called Trash. If you wish to keep the message afterall, view the Trash folder
and move the message out.
3.3 - Navigation
In the middle of the bar are navigation buttons. Previous will be an active
link if it can be utilized and plain text otherwise. Clicking this link will
display the previous message without the need to go back to the summary display
of messages. The same goes for the Next link which will advance you to the mail
immediately following the one currently being viewed.
3.4 - Forward
On the right, the forward link, when pressed, opens the Compose page with the
previously viewed email in the text box below a tag of "--Original Message--".
"Fwd:" is prepended to the original subject line and placed in the
correct field. The various fields for sending to an address await your completion.
You may position the cursor in the text box in order to add comments to the
already existing text. You may also use the attachment feature.
3.5 - Reply
Click this link to return a new message to the originator of the previously
viewed message. "Re:" is prepended to the original subject line and
placed in the subject field. Again, the text of the original message is quoted
in the text box. This time the ">" symbol is placed in front of
the original text. You may note that some of the original text doesn't have
the ">" symbol. This is due to line wrapping and may be unavoidable.
Try setting the value of Wrap incoming text in the Options page to a larger
number, this may help. Comments can be made anywhere in the text box in addition
to the quoted message. You may also use the attachment feature.
3.6 - Reply All
Same story here as "reply" with the exception that all addresses listed
in the header will receive the mail.
3.7 - View all headers
This will display the entire header for the email message. This includes the
route that the message took to get here, and a lot more detailed information
about the message itself.
3.8 - View Printable Version
If you want to print a message, you might want to click this link. It presents
you with a new window containing the message but with all unneccessary information
and menus removed, ready to print. Clicking the Print button in this window
will do so. Press Close to return to your message.
3.9 - Download this as a file
At the bottom just above the bottom bar you will find this link. Clicking this
link allows you to save this email to your local hard drive as a plain text
message. A simple header will be attached to the top of the message as well.
3.10 - Attachments
Any attachments sent with a received email will be displayed at the bottom of
the message inside a colored box. The file is presented as a link with a description
of the file type to it's right. Clicking on the file name will either display
the attachment or present a download dialog depending on the file type. If you
wish to download the file (rather than possibly viewing it), click on the "download"
link on the right side.
If your webbrowser supports viewing the attachment file type, another link,
"view" will be displayed which displays the file in your browser.
4 - Compose
The Compose menu choice will take you to a new Compose page. Here you will find
several fields and a couple of buttons. Depending on how you got to the compose
view, some of these fields may already be filled in.
4.1 - From
The From: field will only be displayed if you have enabled multiple identities
(through the Options, Personal Preferences menu). If you've done so you can
choose which identity you want to use, i.e. which name and email address appear
as the From-line of your message.
4.2 - To
Next is the To: field. In this field you should enter the email address of the
person or persons you are sending a message to. You may enter as many addresses
as you like, separating them with a comma. One may also press the "Addresses"
button to fill in the field. Don't worry if the entire address is not displayed.
The field is a fixed length, but everything you put in it will be used, even
though it might scroll to the right or left.
4.3 - Cc
Next is the CC: field. CC is an abbreviation for Carbon Copy. If you wish to
send someone else a copy of the message here is where you would do that. Think
of this in the same way a memo is laid out. You can have as many people as you
like in the To:, CC:, and BCC: fields. Only the people to whom the message has
direct impact would be in the To: field while recipients to whom this is possibly
only informative would be in the CC: and BCC: fields.
4.4 - Bcc
BCC is an abbreviation for Blind Carbon Copy. Use this to send someone a copy
of the email without the recipients in the To: or CC: fields knowing about it.
4.5 - Subject
Type in a relevant heading here. Remember, email can be a great time saver and
an accurate subject line is one big reason.
4.6 - Addresses Button
This button will open the address book after a search box is presented. Something
must be entered in the search box to retrieve a result. If all addresses in
the address book are required, press the List All button. The address book has
enough functionality that it deserves its own section. More detailed information
is available in the "Addresses" chapter.
4.7 - Save Draft button
If you've been composing a message but for some reason aren't ready to send
it yet, you can use this button to save the message in the Drafts folder. If
later you want to finish the message and send it out, go to the Drafts folder,
open the message and you will return to the compose page with your message filled
in.
4.8 - Priority
If enabled by your system administrator, at the right of the buttons a drop
down list "Priority" is available. Here you can select, surprisingly,
the priority of this message. A high-priority message might be presented in
a different way by the recepient's mail program. Note that excessive use of
this function will devalue its effect.
4.9 - Message Body
The large empty box is for whatever you want to put there. If a signature file
has been saved it will appear here as well. This is where you type the body
of your message.
4.10 - Attach
Located at the bottom of the Compose page, this feature allows you to include
a file with your email. The file must be located on your local machine or network
to be attached. A browse button is present so you may search through your directory
structure and click on the file to include. Alternatively you may type directly
into the attach field if you know the full path and exact file name. Simply
press the Add button to list the selected file as an attachment and it will
appear below.
Once at least one file is presented for attachment another button is revealed.
Deletion of one or more attached files is accomplished by selecting the offending
file or files and pressing the delete selected attachments button.
5 - Addresses
Address books are a great time saving feature. Frequently used addresses may
be stored here. LDAP servers (Often used in companies and universities to make
organization-wide addresses easily available) are supported as well.
If your Browser supports Javascript then you might want to enable the JavaScript
based address book under the Options menu item. It is a really nifty little
pop-up thing. Pure HTML address lists are supported so even browsers without
Javascript support can use SquirrelMail without any loss of function.
5.1 - Nick Name
Put a familiar name here. Something to help jog your memory. Anything that will
give you an accurate idea to whom this email address belongs.
5.2 - Email Address
This must be the person's fully qualified email address. Guessing here just
won't cut it. There are three parts to an email address. First is the recipients
identifier, such as "johnq". Next is the domain name section, which
could take the form "tayloru". Last comes the top level domain, which
could be one of a ton of things like au, cc, us, com, org, net or might look
like edu. So if we put all those together it must be in the form of johnq@tayloru.edu.
If this is not correct you are likely to get your mail back in the form of a
bounced message.
5.3 - Info
This is another field where you can put something to remind you about who this
person is. This is made to be longer than the "Nick Name". For instance,
if you meet a business contact, you could put "Met at the Tomatoe Symposium".
5.4 - Edit or Delete
These two buttons allow you to select a single address and then change any of
the above fields, or delete the entry entirely. You are only allowed to select
one entry at a time for the edit button.
5.5 - Add to Personal address book
Fill in the fields as they are listed. The first three (Nickname, E-mail address,
and First name) must be filled in. Both Last name and Additional info are optional.
5.6 - LDAP
LDAP is a protocol for central unified storage and remote access of information.
For example; a university might use LDAP as the single place where all students,
staff, and faculty email addresses are stored and made available. If configured
to use the universities LDAP server, SquirrelMail would then be able to list
all campus email address (along with the other address book fields if available).
SquirrelMail's LDAP use is truly powerful in that it combines your local address
book and the LDAP address server information to present all of the information
as if it was a single address book.
The LDAP setting may be configured to use any LDAP server, or disabled as a
feature altogether. You will need to talk to you system administrator about
this feature if you have specific questions.
LDAP settings affect the entire SquirrelMail system; as a result they must be
set up or altered by someone with administrative authority.
6 - Folders
You can store messages in different folders. This is especially useful if you
have a lot of email and want to keep it organized. The folders option allows
manipulation of your folders.
6.1 - Subscribed Folders and the Left Frame
Currently subscribed folders are listed in the colored area to the left. This
frame may be set to automatically refresh in the Options page. At the top of
the left frame is large and bolded heading. If changes have been made to the
subscribed folders using the folders menu item, this list can be refreshed with
the link below the title. Oddly enough, this link is titled "refresh folder
list".
The first folder listed contains received mail. To the right of the first folder
is a number in parentheses "( )" reflecting the count of unread emails.
This number is likely to vary from the total number of emails displayed in the
right frame. Under the main folder are likely to be other folders or subfolders.
Colors for these folders will change with theme choices made in the options
page.
6.2 - Delete
You may delete any folder displayed in the drop down list box to the left of
the Delete button. Notice that this list may not include all the folders displayed.
The special folders such as your sent or your trash folder cannot be deleted,
and of course, you cannot delete INBOX.
6.3 - Create
Folders may be created by simply typing the desired name into the text box and
pressing the Create button. If you wish that this folder be a subfolder of another
one, you can choose that in the drop-down box with the list of folders.
On some mail servers, there are two types of folders. One that contains messages,
and one that contains folders. You may see an option called "Let this folder
contain subfolders." If you do and you check that, the folder you create
will only be able to contain folders and not any messages. Otherwise, you will
only be able to store messages in it and not folders.
6.4 - Rename
You may rename any folder displayed in the drop down list box to the left of
the Rename button. Notice that this list may not include all the folders displayed
in the left frame. For obvious reasons, you cannot rename the sent, trash, or
INBOX folders.
6.5 - Unsubscribe and Subscribe
Definitions:
Subscribe: To register a folder with the mail server, allowing you to view it
in the folder listings.
Unsubscribe: The opposite of subscribing. This unregisters a folder with the
mail server.
You may choose as many folders as you wish from either the subscribe or the
unsubscribe box, then click the button under the box to make the action take
effect. You will notice that the folders move to the other box. You can then
re-subscribe to them, or unsubscribe again as you wish.
7 - Options
One of the great things about SquirrelMail is the degree to which it may be
customized. Depending on the configuration, you may have several choices of
themes, languages, folders, and other preferences. All of these may be changed
without affecting any other users on the system. There are at least five main
parts to the Options: Personal, Display, Message Highlighting, Folders and Index
Order. More parts may be available depending on your SquirrelMail installation.
7.1 - Personal Information
Full Name
You should put your entire name here. For example, "John Doe". This
is what is shown to people that you send the message to. They will see that
it is from "John Doe". If you don't fill this in, they will see it
is from your email address, "jdoe@mydomain.org".
E-Mail Address
Optional - If your email address is different than what is automatically assigned,
you can change it here.
Reply To
Optional - This is the email address that people will reply to when they reply
to your message. If this is different than the email address you are sending
from, you can enter it here. This is useful if you want people to reply to your
Yahoo account rather than your office address.
Multiple Identities
Click this link to edit multiple identities. This is useful if you want to choose
between different From-lines for different messages (for example containing
your work or your home emailaddress. On the page that appears, you can add as
many identities as you like. You will be offered a choice of these when composing
a message.
Reply Citation
If you press Reply on a message, you will be presented with the Compose form
with the original message quoted. Before this quoted message, a text like John
Doe wrote: might be prepended (if the message you're replying to originated
from John Doe). This is called the citation line. Here you can choose how this
line looks.
o No Citation
Prepends no citation line whatsoever.
o Author Said
This produces the line: John Doe Said: where John Doe will be replaced by whoever
the message you're replying to was from.
o Quote Who XML
This produces the line: <quote who="John Doe">.
o User-Defined
Enables you to define your own citation line. In the two text boxes below, you
can type in the citation start and end. Between these the author name will be
inserted.
Signature
Optional - Signatures are attached at the bottom of all messages you send out.
If you want a signature, you must make sure that the checkbox beside "use
a signature" is checked, and then fill in what you want your signature
to be in the box below it.
7.2 - Display Preferences
Theme
SquirrelMail offers different color themes for your viewing pleasure. You can
choose between the many listed there if you so desire.
Custom Stylesheet
Changing a theme only changes the colors, a stylesheet may change more, for
example the font size used by SquirrelMail.
Language
If English isn't your native tongue, you can easily change the language that
most things display in. If your desired language is in the list, you can choose
it and all future SquirrelMail related messages will be in that language. Note
that this doesn't translate incoming email messages or folder names.
Use Javascript
One of our main goals in creating SquirrelMail was to have no Javascript in
any of our pages. However, some of our developers made a very good address book
searching utility that uses Javascript. Some other Javascript functions were
added aswell. Rather than remove it, we now give you the option of using pure
HTML or allow Javascript aswell. If you don't know what this means, you are
safest to choose Autodetect.
Number of Messages to Index
This is the number of messages to show at a time in a folder. If there are more
than this number in the folder, you will see a "Previous" and "Next"
link above and below the listing which will take you to the previous or next
messages.
Enable Page Selector
Setting this to Yes shows page numbers above and below the message list to quickly
jump to a specific page of messages. The number Maximum pages to show can limit
how many page numbers will be displayed above and below the message list.
Wrap incoming text at
How many characters should we allow before wrapping the text. This prevents
messages from scrolling way off the screen. 86 is usually a safe thing to put
in here, but you are free to change it to whatever you desire.
Size of editor window
How wide do you want your "Compose" box to be? This is the number
of characters per line that you will be able to type before wrapping in the
Compose section.
Location of Buttons when Composing
Where are the buttons Addresses, Save Draft and Send located?
Addressbook Display Format
Choose how you want the addressbook to be displayed. If you want maximum compatibility
with all browsers, use HTML. Select Javascript if you know your browser supports
it, it will display a nicer addressbook.
Show HTML Version by Default
If a message you receive is in both text and HTML format, you can choose if
you want to see the HTML version (Yes) or the text version (No) by default.
Include Me in CC when I Reply All
Reply All sends your reply to all recepients of the original message, including
yourself. To leave your own email address out, set this to No.
Enable Mailer Display
When viewing a message, this displays which email program the sender used.
Display Attached Images with Message
If someone sends you a message with one or more images attached and you've set
this to Yes, the images will be displayed right away when you view the message.
Enable Subtle Printer Friendly Link
This determines the way the Printable Version-link will be displayed.
Enable Printer Friendly Clean Display
This will clean out the message so the print looks nicer.
Other Options
Depending on the configuration of your SquirrelMail installation, some more
options might be displayed here. They hopefully should be self-explanatory.
7.3 - Message Highlighting
The idea for this came because if you are subscribed to many mailing lists,
it is very hard to distinguish which messages came from where while reading
through the list of messages. With Message Highlighting, you can have the background
color of all messages from one mailing list different than the color of another
list.
Just click on [New] to create a new one, or [Edit] to edit an existing one and the options will appear below.
Identifying Name
This is simply the name that you see which describes what it is. For example,
if you are highlighting messages from your mother, you might set this to "From
Mom".
Color
This is the actual color that the background will be. You can choose between
a number of pre-defined colors that we have selected for you, or you can enter
the HEX code for the color that you desire (i.e. a6b492). If you choose to enter
your own color, you must also select the radio button in front so that it is
checked.
Match
Here you can choose the matching phrase. From the drop-down box, you can choose
which header field to match against (to, from, subject...) and in the text box,
you can enter the phrase to match (mom@yahoo.com).
7.4 - Folder Preferences
Folder Path
On some systems this will not be displayed. If you don't see this option, just
ignore this. On other systems, this is quite a necessary feature. Usually the
option that is in there is what should be there. This is the folder in your
home directory that holds all your email folders. If you don't understand this,
just leave it what it is.
Trash Folder
You can choose which folder messages will be sent to when you delete them. If
you don't want deleted messages to go to the trash, set this to "Don't
use Trash".
Sent Folder
You can choose which folder your sent messages will go to. If you don't want
these, just set it to "Don't use Sent".
Draft Folder
You can choose which folder the messages you save as draft will go to. If you
don't want to use this, just set it to "Don't use Drafts".
Location of folder list
Determines wether you want the list of folders on the left or right of your
window.
Width of folder list
With this option, you can select how wide the list of folders will be. If you
have very long folder names or large fonts, it is good to set this pretty high.
Otherwise, you should set it low so you don't waste screen space.
Auto refresh folder list
SquirrelMail has the functionality to automatically refresh the folder listing
on the left side of your browser window. This will also update the number of
unseen messages that are in each folder. This is a good way to check for unseen
messages in the INBOX without having to click on it every time.
Enable Unread Message Notification
This option specifies how to display unseen messages in the folder listing on
the right side of your browser window. If you set this to No Notification, you
will not be notified of unseen messages. If you set it to INBOX, when you have
new messages, the INBOX will become bold and a number will appear to the right
of it to say how many new messages are in it. If you set it to All Folders,
this behavior will happen on all folders. If you notice that loading the folder
list is really slow, you can set this to INBOX or None and that should speed
it up.
Unseen message notification type
When new messages are in a folder, this option tells either to only display
the number of new messages or also display the total number of messages in that
folder.
Enable Collapsable Folders
Collapsable Folders allow you to 'fold' or collapse a folder which contains
subfolders so the subfolders will not be displayed. You can collapse a folder
by clicking the "-" next to it and expand it again with the "+"
sign. Setting this to No disables collapsing.
Show Clock on Folders Panel
Choose if you want a clock to be displayed above the folder list and how it
should look (Y=year, D=day, H=hour, M=minute, S=second). The option Hour Format
below gives you the choice of a 12- or 24-hour clock.
Memory Search
If you search a mailbox, the search will be saved for quick access later. This
defines how many mailbox searches will be saved.
7.5 - Index Order
This section gives you control over the message list. You can choose how much
information you want in the message list and in what order it should be displayed.
Use the Up and Down links to move columns around, Del to remove a column from
the display and Add to add one.
8 - Search
With this useful tool, you can search through a specific folder for given criteria
that match against different header fields.
8.1 - General Overview
You simply choose the folder you wish to search, type in the search criteria,
and then choose the part of the message to search. When you submit your data,
the list of messages will come up below the search form. You can choose the
message you wish to view, and read it just like a normal message.
Notice that when you are reading messages and then go into the search section,
your currently active folder will be the default to search through. For example,
if you were browsing through your "Friends" folder and then click
on "Search", "Friends" will already be selected for searching.
8.2 - What to search through
To the left of the input field, you see a drop-down list of places that are
possible to search through. This includes: Body, Everywhere, Subject, From,
Cc, To.
Body - Searches through the body of the message. This is the main part of the
message where the important stuff is located.
Everywhere - This searches everything, including the entire header for the message.
Unless you are sure this is what you want, it probably isn't. It can return
results that you wouldn't normally expect.
Subject - Searches through the subjects for all the messages.
From - Who the message is from. Note that this might be more than is actually
displayed in the folder list. A normal "From" field includes the name
AND email address, but SquirrelMail usually only displays the name. If your
criteria matches the email address, but it is not displayed, that message will
still return as having matched.
To - Who the message was sent to. This can be many addresses, and is not always
just one email address.
Cc - Same as "To", except who the message was carbon copied to.
8.3 - Recent Searches
If you've enabled this option, the Search page also displays an overview of
up to 9 of your most recent searches for quick access. Click on Search next
to the listed search to perform it again. With the Save link you can move a
search to the Saved Searches which will be kept until you explicitly press Delete.
Click Forget to remove a search from the list of recent searches.
9 - Frequently Asked Questions
Often people have the same questions that have been asked many times before.
This is a list of commonly asked questions and answers.
9.1 - Can I use multiple names from the address book?
Yes. The address book search will display all matches for the search criteria
entered in the search box. If 10 names are displayed any combination may be
selected for either the To: or CC: fields. All selected addresses will be inserted
into the proper field when the Use Address button is pressed.
9.2 - Can I add names directly to the address book from a email?
No. At this time you cannot add names directly from a received email to the
address book. You can, however, right click on the address and save it to the
clipboard and paste this into the address book. Try not to be disappointed.
SquirrelMail is under continual development and this might be included in the
future in one form or another.
9.3 - Who made SquirrelMail?
A lot of people helped out. To get a list of them, you can visit our web site
www.squirrelmail.org.
9.4 - What is webmail?
In SquirrelMail's case it gives you access through the IMAP protocol to your
email account. This means that you don't have to figure out how to setup someone
else's stuff just to check your mail.
9.5 - Where can I use this webmail?
Any where there is a browser available. Wireless access (WAP/WML) is not on
the drawing board at this time though.
9.6 - Why use webmail instead of a regular email client?
It is doubtful that webmail will ever be a complete substitute for a regular
email client. But hey, who knows? Anyway, If you ever were at a friend's house,
on a trip, at home or work and away from your computer and wanted to check your
mail you already know why. Because it is a huge hassle to set your mail up on
their computer and then delete it again. SquirrelMail is designed to be a supplement
to your normal email client.
9.7 - How does this stuff work?
SquirrelMail uses the IMAP protocol, info on it can be found here. The program
also uses its own IMAP functions, not those built in to PHP4. This won't matter
to anybody except those responsible for installing it, but trust us when we
say they appreciate it.