Yes we are still hard at it working away on the @Mail PHP port. Our main aim at the moment is to get all the base “Client Mode” code working nicely, such as IMAP/POP3 communications, Calendar and Address Book. A big thanks to all our clients who are participating in the testing program. If you wish to checkout the latest code (rev 117 at time of writing) you should find that you can get a working, if slightly buggy “Client Mode” copy up and running fairly painlessly. In Client mode @Mail basically acts as a webbased interface to any existing pop3/imap account.

A few Install tips:

• Once you checkout the code remember to change the ownership of all the files to your webserver user before you run the installer.
• checkout the code into a directory accessable by your webserver or add an alias in httpd.conf pointing to where it is located. Remember ‘atmailphp/webmail’ is the base dir for the webmail client.
• Point your browser to the location of your atmailphp install and you should be automatically redirected to the installer.
• At step 2 of the installation you will be asked to set up the database. You will need to create a new database for the php based system as its schema is slightly different from @mail’s perl version. Earlier atmailphp revisions (pre 117) also had problems with the database setup.
• At step 4 choose “WebMail Client Only” for your operating mode. (You can select “Complete Mailserver System” however you may experience more problems)

Logging In

Only the English language is supported at this stage for the PHP version of @Mail and it is recommended to steer clear of the Advanced Mozilla (XUL) interface as it is quite broken at the moment and our main effort is focused on cleaning up the AJAX, Simple and IE interfaces for the time being. Once you log into an account you should find most features working, but play around and let us know what bugs you find.Happy testing!