Unhosted email client

Author

Chathuranga, Rukshan ; Waidyarathna, Sashrika ; Sureshkumar, Kanthasamy ; Erlilverl, Kanagasabai ; Dias, Gihan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

fYear

2015

fDate

7-8 April 2015

Firstpage

324

Lastpage

329

Abstract

We developed a new email client which runs on the browser and is not dependent on a particular server, based on the Unhosted web application architecture. The client can connect to any standard mail server directly from the browser, using IMAP and SMTP protocols so that the user is not limited to the webmail clients provided by various email service providers. As our client runs in a browser, it is independent of the operating system. It provides a uniform user experience on any mail system. As a part of our unhosted email client, we have developed a browser extension to allow HTML5 clients to connect to IMAP and SMTP servers. Using this extension, developers may introduce new e-mail clients which are both server and operating system independent. Our client application also provides offline features so that the user can load the application and read/create mail even if he/she is not currently connected to the Internet.

Keywords

Internet; access protocols; client-server systems; electronic mail; hypermedia markup languages; online front-ends; HTML5 clients; IMAP protocols; IMAP servers; Internet; SMTP protocols; SMTP servers; Web browser; Web mail clients; browser extension; standard mail server; unhosted Web application architecture; unhosted email client; user experience; Browsers; Databases; Electronic mail; Internet; Servers; Sockets; Synchronization; HTML5; IMAP; Unhosted; email; offline; webmail;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2015

Conference_Location

Moratuwa

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MERCon.2015.7112367

Filename

7112367