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Anyone know of good free webmail program?

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I'm hosting web sites and email accounts, but want to set up webmail for my customers. This is a *SMALL* side business, so I use freeware when possible (or else I will lose a lot of money). Most free webmail sites that I've found do not supply the program - they host the mail service themselves. I want to make the server software resident on my machine so customers won't be spammed. Is there anything out there that's free, or should I try to write my own script (which will take forever)? Newposter
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment."
 
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allowed SPAM. MailTo-Encrypter can be used to 'encrypt' your e-Mail address, so that the
SPAMMER's tool can't grab it from your website and add it to the 'send-spam-to' list ... but
the e-Mail address is still displayed correctly in your Browser and the MailTo-Tag is also still
working correctly! USE THIS TECHNIQUE!

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One way that spammers gather email addresses is by using email collector programs - "spambots".
These robots scan the Web and grab all the email addresses out of every site they visit. If you
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your Testimonials, Feedback pages, etc.), you (and your customers) have a great chance to be
spammed and spammed again. Em@ilEncoder allows to keep email addresses on your site out of the
hands of spammers. Encoded email does not looks like an email address for spammer's tools, and
they can't extract it from your pages. Encoded tags still working correctly, and visitors can
send you emails by clicking on the link. (VJ)

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see it!

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It seems like every day we get annoying e-mails offering porn, get rich quick schemes, or
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useful e-mail lists. The value of spambots will decline.

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I guess I didn't make myself clear. I just want a webmail program to run on my server, so I can administer it myself. Spam is not the primary issue. Most webmail programs out there either cost too much or are hosted off someone else's server. If I can't find what I want, I may have to spend months trying to script it myself. Newposter
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment."
 
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