MailStudio
E-mail - Servers
As I mentioned last week, I can't bear to be separated from
my e-mail. In years past, I was able to telnet to my service
provider and read messages from wherever I might be
stationed, but no more. Seems that many ISPs don't allow
such access these days, for any number of security reasons.
I could configure an e-mail client on every machine I might
use, but that can get messy. It can also make the owner of
the borrowed computer downright hostile.
I can't really blame administrators for cutting off telnet
access -- I suppose this is the easiest way to ensure system
security. If you tend to the care and feeding of an e-mail
server you can use Mail
Studio to give your users easy remote access to their
messages without placing the security and stability of your
servers on the firing line.
MailStudio gives e-mail readers access to their messages via
a Web based interface. In addition to regular plain text
messages, access to MIME-encoded attachments such as images
and other enclosures is supported. The program works as an
extension to your existing POP3 e-mail services, so there's
no need to replace or upgrade your existing working
infrastructure to accommodate this program -- MailStudio
merely gives your users one more way to access their e-mail.
The entire MailStudio setup can be configured through a
Web-based administrative control panel, complete with
detailed logging information on who's accessing the Web mail
server. To give you (not to mention your customers) peace of
mind, there's even an option for secure login and reading
with cookie encryption or SSL.
Finally, MailStudio includes a few extras that even the
popular free Web-based e-mail providers don't have -- yet.
These include an instant messaging client and threaded
discussion forums. The latter may come in handy to provide
support and network status updates to your customers. No
matter how you configure MailStudio, your faithful users
will appreciate the added convenience and flexibility this
program offers.
Check the product page for more details and download links.
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