Suggestions for PHP-based webmail for mobile

[Lemon_Juice]

One of my hosts doesn't provide any web mail client that would work well on mobile devices - I think they offer only a modded version of RoundCube without any mobile skin. So I would like to install on the server something free and possibly simple that would connect with SMTP and work well on mobile phones. I don't need any integration with mail server settings, just the ability to read and write email.

Any suggestions?

[Dormilich]

Any suggestions?

Don't use PHP as this is not installed on mobile devices and PHP itself (as a server-side language) does not care what kind of device connects to it.

[colshrapnel]

So basically you are saying that PHP is not suitable for creating a backend for a mobile app/mobile site/a site with responsive design?

[Lemon_Juice]

Don't use PHP as this is not installed on mobile devices and PHP itself (as a server-side language) does not care what kind of device connects to it.

A most unexpected reply! I thought it was obvious I was not trying run PHP in a mobile browser. PHP is installed on the server...

[SamA74]

I think people are getting their wires crossed here.
I believe what @Dormilich means is that you would not create a mail client app to be installed a mobile in PHP, as it will probably not run without the mobile running php.

But an app or browser on mobile could connect to a site or API on a remote server running PHP. I thnk that is what @Lemon_Juice wants.

Edit ^ Yes, so it seems.

[Dormilich]

A most unexpected reply!

You have no idea what assumptions some people make.

Anyways, since we know that PHP is on the server, the responsibility of a "web mail client that would work well on mobile devices" is not a matter of PHP but the client that connects to it. Depending on the language this client is to be written in (Objective-C, Java, browser-based, etc.), this thread should rather be moved to that topic.

[Lemon_Juice]

Anyways, since we know that PHP is on the server, the responsibility of a "web mail client that would work well on mobile devices" is not a matter of PHP but the client that connects to it. Depending on the language this client is to be written in (Objective-C, Java, browser-based, etc.), this thread should rather be moved to that topic.

Oh, I don't know if I didn't make myself clear enough because you still don't understand... When you search the term web mail you'll find it refers to an email client application that is accessed through a web browser. I want a web mail application that works well in mobile browsers and is run on a PHP server. This is nothing new, there are applications like this, for example Roundcube, I just don't know which ones are good for use with mobile web browsers, that's why I'm asking for recommendations.

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