Cpanel Email per username -Simple extension
 

This cpanel email extension, allows you to add email@urdomain per username.
The script will use mysql field value to determine wether the user has activated an email or not.
If not active will allow him to set email pass and activate.
If active will allow to directly login to webmail.
demo
http://www.tchatting.com/forum/email.php
Requires login ( "demo demo" pass 123456 ) but you will not be able to create a new email using it anyway thats why i added screenshots here.

Requirements are ofcourse a Cpanel username + no limits on email creation.

The script current features are :
Page only for registered ( No groups set but can be configured via source code )
Replaces Spaces from usernames to . (dot ) since emails cannot contain spaces.
REVISED : also characters such as # @ ~
If you prefer character _ instead of a . for spaces replacements it can be changed on line 92.

The script contains working functions , but not fancy stuff .
You can edit the template to add a faq section or something below logins.

Also it can be extended to allow user to delete his email account or change his email password from the email page but i didnt think its a good idea so i left them out (though can be added )

Finaly , if you have ideas to further extend those functions let me know, id be glad to share if i had more extra time .
Last note : Add a link wherever u want it to appear .


March 8th: Updated the the files, moved the config into includes and added htaccess contents as per Frugil post.
Added intrusctions on how to specify groups.
INSTALLATION
import the xml product .
Upload the rest of the files into your forum root
Link to the file !

So what are the install instructions?

Please put them in a text file and upload that as well as the zip.

Laters

Install clicked for reference.

Wow, this looks great, ill take a look at it later on :)

Hello,

I have a few questions. What type of email does this create? I have unlimited emails on all my servers, but they are all pop3 mail. Does this create pop3 mail accounts?

Once they have their email addies, can they send email using the email addy or just receive mail. Where do they send and receive email?

These may sound like stupid questions, but I don't exactly understand how this works and I am not willing to install it until I know if I can use it or not.

I too am clicking install, but it is for reference so I can follow this thread.

iguanairs , the mod uses your own cpanel email service.
Which means , he will login to the webmail as if you added his email manually into your domain account ( again supposing you are using Cpanel ).
He will have access to webmail /pop/smtp just as any email you would create on your Cpanel account.

Nice one. We can Use another domain differing from our board domain for this email-hack right?

cobraws, yes u can , just set the domain variable in the config file into the domain being used & hosted on cpanel.

Thank you, I just wanted to be sure :)

I am not quite sure what this does.

Here is what I would like to see it do, tell me if its possible.

Set it so only specific usergroups can use it (ie paying members)

Then they can create their own emaill account on my system with a 10mb mailbox. Is this possible?

This looks cool. I might have a play around

Questions ...

• Do we upload these files into the forum root or the domain root?
• What happens if a user changes his username?
• What happens if a user is banned or deleted?
• Does this put any strain on the server?
• I'm a little concerned about adding my cpanel password to a php file ... is it safe?