As posted to C.O.L.A.
PROFUSO proudly announces version 1.0 of PROFUSO Mail Gateway "Personal Edition", the freely available personal email to WWW gateway. We can make this powerful software available for free because the development of Personal Edition is supported by its commercial edition (PROFUSO Mail Gateway Server Edition), that is multiuser and lets you create web based e-mail services (like H*tmail). PROFUSO Mail Gateway is a server software for the Linux operating system that allows to send and receive e-mail using only a web browser. PROFUSO Mail Gateway extends all the functionality of e- mail, including multimedia and attachments, over the WWW. When installed on your Linux web server, all you need for e-mail is your favourite browser. PROFUSO Mail Gateway is available in two versions: "Personal Edi- tion", that is single user and freely available from our WWW site and "Server Edition", that is commercial and multiuser and lets you create your own free web e-mail service in minutes. PROFUSO Mail Gateway includes the following features: - it runs on a UNIX/Linux system for Internet or Intranet use; - retrieving, reading, replying, writing new mail, ... using a nice WWW GUI; - uploading of one *or more* attachments directly from your browser (works only with Netscape 3 or IE 3.2 or later); - it works with any SMTP/POP3 server, including UNIX and NT; - compatibility with MIME attachments (both *sending* and receiving !); - you can move mail from your mailbox or leave on the server; - it is fully localizable ! You can have all messages in your own language. English and italian are preconfigured, but you can add *ANY OTHER LANGUAGE* simply editing a file !!!; - it saves mailboxes in a standard UNIX format; - it can run under SSL WWW servers for secure mail reading; - it is customizable with a wide veriety of styles or colours; - it uses folders (Incoming, Received, Sent, Trash, ...); - links inside the mail (http://..., mailto:, ...) appear highlighted; The Server Edition adds other important features: - is multiuser. You can create your own H*tmail like service; - each user can configure his own preferences (language, POP account, ...); - various WWW subscription form are supplied on our WWW site,] as GPLed software; - works with the most common authentication methods supported by Apache (.htpasswd, mSQL, ...); - free upgrade for registered users (up to the next major version); - free e-mail support for registered users; You can download your free copy or obtain more information on the Server Edition at our site: http://www.profuso.com/products.html Sincerely, Giuseppe Zanetti beppe@profuso.com - ----------------------------------------------------------------- PROFUSO - Advanced Technologies E-mail profuso@profuso.com PADOVA - ITALY WWW http://www.profuso.com - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - -- Giuseppe Zanetti