yes, search the message archives (see url below). External database is easy. Sql 7 works fine. The data table must have several imal fields at the top of the table. Other fields may follow. This is detailed at some length in th manual and there are many references in archives of this list. Hope this helps ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rahul V. Herwadkar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:50 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] using IMail with external user database > I am trying to figure out if I can use IMail to > provide an email forwarding service. The client user > information such as userid, password, email address > etc. is stored in an external database (MS Sqlserver). > This database is the only place where users register > and update their personal info. > > I understand that IMail has its own user database but > I don't want my users to be aware of that. I am > looking for some way in which IMail can be integrated > with the user info in the Sqlserver database. One > possibility would be for IMail to fetch userid, > password and email address info from the Sqlserver > database. Another possibility would be for Sqlserver > to update IMail's database whenever a user's info is > updated. > > The main thing is that the enduser should have to only > update his info once. I currently provide a web > interface for our users to register and update their > personal info in the Sqlserver database. > > My platform is NT 4.0, IIS 4.0, Sqlserver 7.0 > > Has anybody done something similiar and can recommend > how to go about implementing this? > > Thanks, > Rahul V. Herwadkar > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
