tinyjo: (webdesigner - chez geek)
Emptied of expectation. Relax. ([personal profile] tinyjo) wrote2006-06-23 02:14 pm

Web client for reading POP3 email

So, following up from my other post, I've found an actually not half bad pop3 web client. Sadly the nicest looking one (My Email) doesn't work for me (I have a non-standard username/email addy. combo) but the PDA version of Mail2Web works nicely for me. No spam filter but the interface is so clean I can live without.

It's actually slightly naughty as using the PDA version also avoids ads, but that's not my primary motivation - given the way I use my browser at work, screen real-estate matters and the tab bar on the main site was just too big.

[identity profile] deslea.livejournal.com 2006-06-23 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I use mail2web occasionally, because my perception is that it's a relatively safe service (been around as long as I can remember, back before the internet was completely full of assholes). But how do you feel about the safety side? (ie, sending your login details through a third party service)?

[identity profile] tinyjo.livejournal.com 2006-06-26 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
It is a risk, true, but based on their history I figure they're not just a scam company in which case, I feel fairly ok about relying on their T&Cs

It's not ideal and what I'd really like would be to get the source code and do something similar on my own server, but I haven't found that yet!`

[identity profile] deslea.livejournal.com 2006-06-26 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
I have one on my own server (very basic and bare-bones - it's just for viewing what's on the POP server while you're on the road - you can reply or delete or leave it there for downloading once you get home). It's only http not https, so I don't know whether that's more or less safe on the face of things. (The transmission protocols themselves are not my strongest point, stupidly enough for a sysadmin). That said, there are more advanced ones here.