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 @Mail WebMail Interface |
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| Developer: | Calacode |
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| Latest release: | 4.3 / December 12, 2005 |
| OS: | Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows |
| Use: | Webmail Mail_server |
| License: | Commercial with source |
| Website: | atmail.com |
@Mail is a commercial WebMail, Mail-Server and Groupware solution designed by Calacode, located in Sydney, Australia. The software is designed for Unix and Linux systems as an alternative to Microsoft solutions. The software includes the source-code under a commercial license.
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[edit] Main Features
The software supports three main functions:
@Mail Server - leverages existing open source projects such as Courier-IMAP, Exim and MySQL to provide a complete mail-server solution with the base design for ease of management via a Webadmin control panel.
@Mail WebMail - utilizes the latest in Ajax and XUL technology to provide a Webmail alternative to traditional desktop email-clients.
@Mail Groupware - provides a groupware server for users to share Calendar, Task and Contacts via Outlook clients and a Web-interface. A MAPI Sync Utility is available for Microsoft Outlook, allowing clients to sync address-book, calendar & task data from the @Mail server. This creates an alternative to Exchange under a Linux platform.
[edit] History
Originally developed in the Summer of 1998, @Mail was one of the first commercial WebMail products available. The software is referred to @Mail or Atmail, which has undergone four major revisions since the initial version. Calacode, the company that develops the software has offices based in Sydney, Australia and Idaho USA. The software was originally developed in Perl and has adopted PHP as the main language for future versions.
[edit] Technology
The @Mail WebMail interface takes advantage of the latest in Ajax advancements to create an alternative to traditional desktop-mail clients. Mozilla XUL features are also included to support the latest user-interface features of Mozilla Firefox
