Website with php mail send/recieve/store etc possible ?

[Paul R]

Sorry for the title, but it was alittle hard to know what to put..

my question.

i have a website ive created for someone.

it has different pages.. a guestbook page (php), and a blog page (also uses php)..

now, they have asked if its possible, to have a 'private' page, where, for example, someone emails them, and instead of receiving it at their pc end (outlook express or other mail program), the 'website' private page receives it.. and also, this same 'page' can also send emails.

is this possible ? is there any free written php out there that can do this? is it actually possible to recieve your normal pop3 emails to somewhere on your website/host, instead of through your mail software?

there may well be simpler answers to this, such as, just get a message board and send private messages, or somethin like that.. but i wanted to see if the original main question i was asked, was actually possible..

thanks in advance php knowledgeable people..

 

[Nicholas J]

If you are keeping the messages all within the same domain then there is no need at all to use a pop3 server. In essence you would be sending the message no where.. pop3 is the protocol used if you wanted to communicate with another pop3 server - i.e. gmail, hotmail, etc.. And yes that is commonly done using the php mail() function..

Based on the requirements described I would go and browse hotscripts for private messaging scripts - as you mentioned..

Let's say though you wanted a full featured webmail solution which could send - receive and interact with 3rd party pop3 servers.. The biggest open source PHP solution I know of is called "SquirrelMail"..