--- In Web-Mail@yahoogroups.com, Peter Davis <pfd@p...> wrote:
>
> lnxuser2002 wrote:
>
> > I am looking for a gpl'd (or otherwise) webmail client that allows
> > access to multiple imap servers simultaneously. My mail folders
are
> > distributed across multiple mailboxes across different servers.
> > Currently, webmail clients like squirrelmail/IMP only allow
logging
> > into any one of the them at a given point in time.
> >
> > Non-web based IMAP clients like pine and thunderbird allow this
and
> > thus am able to save/filter messages across multiple mailboxes
(and
> > across different servers). Is there a webmail equivalent or a
> > workaround to achieve this with standard webmail clients?
>
> I wouldn't expect an off-the-shelf client to do this. When you
> use Pine or Thunderbird, they are really running on your local
> computer, and accessing IMAP servers on remote machines. WebMail
> software, however, typically runs on a Web Server that is local
> to the IMAP server, and just talks to your browser. So to
> accomplish what you're asking, there would have to be a WebServer
> running software which then talks to multiple IMAP clients and
> somehow combines all the folders, etc. You could write something
> like this, but I don't think you'll find something already
written. I'd be happy to be proven wrong, though.
>

Well actually, there is (or was). jwebmail (jwebmail.sourceforge.net)
does allow this. But this doesn't seem to be an active project with
the last update in 2002. I was wondering if any of the more recent
webmail clients offer this facility - either as a native feature,
patch or workaround.

Cheers...

lnxuser2002