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----- Original Message -----
From: Arnaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Customized Webmail Interface Available
> We are interested Bruce, thanks !
>
> Bruce Johnson a �crit :
>
> > I am aware of that. Humm oh well. Here is a question then? How many
people
> > would be interested in a free cold fusion driven email interface for
Imail.
> > All aspects can be changed. Var.'s will now be inside cold fusion and it
> > will sit over top the Imail web interface which can be ran on a non
standard
> > port. There are some drawbacks to this as in the real web interface can
not
> > be used, BUT it will allow all the same stuff and you can change the
entire
> > look of the system. If i get more than 10 people who say yes then i will
> > release on the allaire site this product. Only thing is that it only
works
> > with cold fusion. I worked on 2 site's templates and found that the web
> > email interface to just not be very good looking. Its drove me nuts and
a
> > while back i saw a bunch of people in here who wanted to help each other
out
> > with free site templates. I was wanting to contribute to this but now it
> > seems allot of people are wanting money for it. I understand that some
> > people may have made the layouts to sell, i have no problem with that at
> > all. But 50$ is allot more of a good price for the few files that there
are
> > in there and its mostly a template issue. Not that you have to totally
> > re-design the entire page each time you do it. In this i was not meaning
to
> > degrade, take a shot at anyone or anyone else. I think Kevin's pages are
> > very very well done. He did a good job, I even went there before i wrote
my
> > email, but the 100$ price tag was a bit to take on considering the fact
that
> > you can get a page designed dirt cheap anymore. Who knows. You all are
> > pretty pissed i can see and i understand. Also the 5$ was not ment to be
a
> > 5$ was ment to be a 50$. Sometimes its allot better in the end to work
with
> > people and help each other out than it is to fight and try to out do
each
> > other. As you may have noticed i did respond to that after i had noticed
the
> > mistake saying sorry. Was truly not ment to offend them. Here is how the
> > system is currently working...
> >
> > Imail Web system is running on port 1234
> > Cold fusion gets a page request from a user. Cold fusion hits the imail
> > server and logs the user in. It also gets the user# and variable from
url
> >
> > UserSessionId = Xafa99fcf999ac89c9e98645da7ac
> > PageUserId = 46728
> >
> > All other vars are also put into the server. This in turn lets you put
what
> > ever you want on any page. Also i have added a check that will bring up
what
> > has access to. Page wise..
> >
> > Aka
> >
> > Addressbook holds true/false true they have access to that option,
False
> > they do not.
> >
> > It still has alot of bugs in it and requires that you run a special
template
> > that i created for this, Other wise it will not function.
> >
> > Also it has taken me a few weeks to develop this but i was doing it for
> > another site anyway and im getting paid to do the site, not to design a
> > email interface so i feel ive been paid in one way or another and if it
> > makes someone else's life easier then im happy, cause not all web
developers
> > and isp's have cash to toss out a window.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gary Cook [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 6:15 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Customized Webmail Interface Available
> > >
> > > Bruce, Bruce, Bruce.
> > >
> > > I challenge you to build a custom Web interface in $5.00 worth of
time.
> > > No,
> > > how about you try to do it in $95.00 worth of time. Don't bother
trying;
> > > it
> > > can't be done. You may charge 25 cents an hour for your work, but most
of
> > > us
> > > charge $100.00 an hour and up.
> > >
> > > The fact is, many Imail customers will not customize the Web interface
> > > because it is such a time consuming task, if it's going to look good
and
> > > work right. When you get your interface customized, will it be for
sale?
> > > Will it cost $5.00? How much will it really be worth?
> > >
> > > Gary Cook
> > >
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