"Ryo Chijiiwa first began working on IlohaMail in 2000, he says, for purely selfish reasons. 'I was living in Japan at the time, and even though I wanted a webmail interface, none of the freely available solutions adequately supported Japanese,' Chijiiwa says. 'Also, the few packages then available were difficult to install, didn't run on a stock build of PHP, or simply had clumsy interfaces.'
"Chijiiwa says he briefly considered simply adding Japanese support to IMP, but decided instead to create his own solution. In doing so, he was able to ensure that all the frustrations he'd faced previously when looking for a good webmail interface were resolved. 'IlohaMail strives to offer a multilingual webmail solution that is feature-rich but lightweight, easy to use, and easy to install,' he says..."
