hi all,


i want to create a free mail system like yahoo "but of course with less feature"...


alot of people sugest qmail with vpopmail ..

http://www.qmail.org
http://inter7.com/vpopmail/

by the way i will build the user interface with php and mysql as a database server..


any one here have experience with this subject or any one can give a links that will help in this subject...


also what about the performance .... and what is the maximum users i see at the vpopmail web site that its Support for 1 to 23 million email users per domain ..

If you really want to offer this and you are feeling adventurous you could try writing one yourself using the IMAP PHP functions.

Of course that is for the browser end rather than the actual mail storage and handling.

I have almost finished writing my own WAP IMAP script in PHP and it didn't take nearly as long as I thought it might.

http://www.hivemail.com/

realy there is 2 options now in my mind


i see that some scripts use the qmail vpopmail and the others use the alias file in any mail server


for example it can run buy the sendmail alias file....

@yourdomain.com /home/user/myprogram


this program get the mail and distrbute it


this is like the mail man mail list...



but realy i want to focus on the server side i know building the user interface system is not that hard but the problem is choosing the mail server back end...........

Well I use standard qmail for storage with Horde IMP for Webmail and my own software for WAPmail.

try to descripe more .........

I recently set up the qvcs combo on my linux box. works great. Superb documentation, and a snip to add virtual domains, admins etc

I have 5 domains up and running with webmail so far.

http://qvcs-guide.sourceforge.net/

One of the biggest issues you will have is hard drive performance. You need to use scsi drives for a dedicated mail system. Mail is many small files, many files being written all the time.

Also avoid squirrelmail, avoid imap if you can. They are both very resource heavy and will kill your ability to scale. POP3 is much lighter on system resources.

And finally, unless you have a hook, a niche market - you have to ask yourself why would someone go with you? Previously I would have said the market was flooded, but with companies like everyone.net being so god awful now, i think there is room again. But how will you seperate yourself from others for a product most people see as a freebie still?

Chet

great


realy i am still focusing in the system now the marketing come later


my main question now is qmail +vpopmail dependable or i can use the alias with any other mail server