AeroMail 2.52 review
DownloadAeroMail 2 is the next generation of Mark Cushman's AeroMail. AeroMail is a web-based e-mail client written in PHP
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AeroMail 2 is the next generation of Mark Cushman's AeroMail.
AeroMail is a web-based e-mail client written in PHP. AeroMail uses an IMAP server to read and store messages in one or more user-defined folders. Features include HTTP authentication for login (no cookies) and folder manipulation.
AeroMail 2 adds something to the original. You can now embed AeroMail in a webpage of your own design, and customize its appearance more easily.
Furthermore, displaying of messages was improved to include foreign languages like Russian and Chinese, and to display HTML messages including pictures. Last but not least, spam flagging using DNS blacklists is now possible.
Who can use Aeromail?
Are you an ISP who want a webmail service that is easily configurable? AeroMail allows you full control over operation and appearance.
Are you a webhosting company who need webmail for their clients? AeroMail comes with genericstable support, spam marking and many configurable options.
Are you a mail user who is sick of spam? You can use AeroMail to mark and delete your spam without downloading it to your own computer first.
Do you just want a fast and easy way to check mail when you're on the move? AeroMail is small, easy to set up and does not depend on MySQL, LDAP or other things you do not have: you only need an Apache webserver, PHP and an IMAP mailserver.
Why use AeroMail?
AeroMail is small, fast and simple to use. It is known for its clear and elegant interface.
AeroMail has support for other characters sets. It displays e-mail in Russian, Chinese, Japanese and many other languages.
AeroMail is available in many languages: currently you can choose from Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norse, Polish, Portuguese (Brasil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Roman or Cyrillic), Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Thai and Ukranian.
Optionally you can use AeroMail to flag spam, so you can easily delete it before downloading it to your own computer.
AeroMail is very easy to set up: just copy the files, answer some questions and you're ready to go!
Where use AeroMail?
AeroMail can be used on many types of IMAP servers: Cyrus, UWash and Courier IMAP servers are supported.
You don't need an LDAP server or a MySQL server to use AeroMail. It will work on any Apache server with PHP 4 installed.
You can use AeroMail from virtually any browser: No JavaScript required, simple HTML that will also work on mobile devices.
You can use AeroMail from any computer you want. It uses basic authentication (no cookies) or use cookies (session variables) for login, and can run on an SSL IMAP server.
Here are some key features of "AeroMail":
Basic features:
Aeromail is a webmail client that lets you read e-mail from an IMAP server
Each mail folder can be sorted in many ways
View HTML messages and rich-text messages
Clickable links and e-mail addresses in plain-text messages
View inline images and text attachments
Recieve attachments
Optionally reply to and forward e-mail, write new messages and delete messages
Use Cc and Bcc
Send attachments yourself
Optionally create and delete folders, and move messages between folders
Advanced features:
Optional multi-message view lets you view selected messages in one window (nice for catching up or when on a slow link)
Optional spam blacklisting using reverse DNS lookup (e.g. SpamCop)
Optionally move junk mail automatically to another folder
Show full e-mail addresses, or just the name (Outlook style)
Show full address lists in mail overview, or just the first few
Automatically wrap wide message, or leave them unchanged
Optional colorization of messages (quoted text and signatures)
Languages and character sets:
AeroMail comes in 29 languages
Full support for foreign character sets (using UTF-8)
Configuration features:
AeroMail is easily embedded in a web page of your own design
AeroMail comes with many color schemes or 'themes'
The HTML code is separated from the program, so it can be changed more easily
Folder use and management can be switched on or off
Sent mail folder and Trash folder can be switched on or off
Writing of messages can be switched on or off
Deleting of messages can be switched on or off
Technical features:
Use UWash, Cyrus and Courier type IMAP servers
Either use Basic Authentication for login (no cookies), or cookies (session variables)
Support for sendmail's genericstable
Alternatively force the sender's from-address
Support for SSL IMAP servers
No SQL server or LDAP server required
No JavaScript browser required
Requirements:
Apache, PHP 4 or better (has to be running as a module), the IMAP functions must be compiled into PHP, an IMAP server.
What's New in This Release:
Hungarian is back as an interface language.
There is an option to switch off the display of full headers.
Some small bugs have been fixed.
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