How do you build a web based email client using PHP?

Question

I would like to learn how to build a web-based email client in PHP (similar to yahoo and gmail).

Does anyone know how I can get started with this?

I would li

Answer 1

You can build a simple one quite easily using the PHP IMAP functions but if you have to ask then it might be a bit complicated for you.

Have you considered using a pre-built one:

• Horde
• SquirrelMail