The Horde webmail is an open source project dedicated to providing an alternative to other, more corporate owned emails, such as gmail or Hotmail. The Horde projects offer far more than just a webmail alternative; The Horde develops and tests almost any web based application imaginable. As it says in their mission statement, "The guiding principles of the Horde Project are to create solid
. standards-based applications using intelligent object oriented design that, wherever possible, are designed to run on a wide range of platforms and backends."One advantage of the Horde webmail project is that it can run on a website that individuals create themselves, allowing such web-savvy folks to create highly personalized email addresses without a lot of work on the programming end. In that way it hearkens back to the popmail servers of the early 2000 era, though far easier to use and based on open source rather than a proprietary technology. It is based primarily on the .php system, as such websites are common and in need of such an application.The Horde webmail also meshes with the other projects maintained by the Horde, such as their Nag software that acts as a task manager which multiple users can edit and program to send mails when the tasks come due - a definite bonus when it comes to running a small business! Gollem is their web browser based file manager, that can be tasked to manage files which are in their webmail system. A common-sense, pro user approach is the Horde's keystone.Getting a Horde webmail login is not as simple as going to their website; obtaining one involves using a system set up by someone else with their software. The Horde does not actually RUN an email system themselves! If one wishes to test their system, then obtaining their webmail program and installing it into a php website is easy for any person who actually HAS such a website; it is designed to be easy after all! More reference links: http://www.horde.org/ http://www.horde.org/apps/webmail
