ISP-Planet: Webmail Directory: AtDot | Linux Today

ISP-Planet: Webmail Directory: AtDot

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 14, 2005

“AtDot was first written in 1998. At the time, Jakob Kaivo, the
project’s developer, was working for an ISP that wanted to provide
a simple webmail offering to its customers. ‘There were no open
source webmail programs—at least that we were aware of–so I
volunteered to do it in-house,’ Kaivo says.

“When Kaivo first created it, he says, AtDot was a very simple
POP3-based client. ‘Authentication was performed against a POP3
server, or you created an account which in turn authenticated
against a POP3 server,’ Kaivo says. ‘There was only access to your
Inbox–but you could also send messages, including replying to and
forwarding messages from your Inbox.’

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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