Hi,
I'm not sure if this is in the right section, I apologise in advance if it's misplaced. I'm looking for some information and help with setting up a webmail system for a website. Now I have no problem coding the actual mail interface, but where I'm stumped is with registration of POP3 accounts. So far I've been told to either set it up as a catch all and retrieve it all into a mysql db and then filter user accounts using mysql, and to create them in a mysql db and then use cron to schedule creation of accounts from the DB.
I could do the first option alright, but am concerned about the stability and security of such a system. Surely a MySQL DB is not a good idea for e-mail handling? Is the second option a possible solution? Are there other solutions out there? I don't want to outsource the mail to outblaze or everyone.net or the likes.
Thanks in advance,
J.
I'm not sure if this is in the right section, I apologise in advance if it's misplaced. I'm looking for some information and help with setting up a webmail system for a website. Now I have no problem coding the actual mail interface, but where I'm stumped is with registration of POP3 accounts. So far I've been told to either set it up as a catch all and retrieve it all into a mysql db and then filter user accounts using mysql, and to create them in a mysql db and then use cron to schedule creation of accounts from the DB.
I could do the first option alright, but am concerned about the stability and security of such a system. Surely a MySQL DB is not a good idea for e-mail handling? Is the second option a possible solution? Are there other solutions out there? I don't want to outsource the mail to outblaze or everyone.net or the likes.
Thanks in advance,
J.
