Infobox Software
name = @Mail
caption = @Mail WebMail Interface
developer = Calacode
latest_release_version = 5.4
latest_release_date = release date|2008|06|18
latest_preview_version =
latest_preview_date =
operating_system =Linux ,Mac OS X ,Microsoft Windows
platform =
genre =Webmail Mail server
license = Commercial with source
website = [http://www.atmail.com/ atmail.com]@Mail is a commercial
webmail , mail-server andgroupware solution designed by Calacode, located inSydney ,Australia . The software is designed for Unix and Linux systems as an alternative to Microsoft solutions. @Mail supports over 13 million active users.Fact|date=March 2007 The software includes the source-code under a commercial license.Main features
The software supports three main functions:
"@Mail Server" - leverages existing open source projects such as Courier-IMAP,
Exim andMySQL 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.History
Originally developed in the Summer of 1998, @Mail was one of the first commercial WebMail products available. The software is referred to as @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 adoptedPHP as the main programming language.As of 19th May 2008 a free version of the @Mail webmail client was made available. Named [http://atmail.org AtMail Open] it is a lightweight version of the commercial application and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license.
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 FirefoxSee also
*
OpenGroupware.org
*Open-Xchange
*Webmail
*Groupware
*Ajax
*Citadel
*Zimbra
*exchange4linux External links
* [http://atmail.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.techsww.com/tutorials/webmail/atmail/installation/installing_atmail_webmail_client_on_mac_osx.php Installing Atmail Webmail Client on Mac OS X]
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