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

Thats a HUGE question!

Your main options are
1. Directly integrating your code with an existing mail server
2. Using IMAP and SMTP to talk to an existing mail server

Number 2 is the most straightforward because you can change mail servers if you ever need to.

and yes there's a lot more to consider as you go