> What I'm really reluctant to do, however, is build a complete webmail client > on top of this when there are 1001 much better webmail clients out there > than I would ever have the time (= funding) to create.
Good call on your part. > Currently my customer is using MS exchange, (hence Outlook & OWA) though > they are actively looking at cheaper alternatives eg Zimbra. I'd recommend Google Apps to them. That'll be cheaper than Zimbra, And, one of the newer features of Apps is user-managed groups, which are really just Google Groups with your domain email addresses. You could programmatically create these groups, and that would give you your correspondence record since groups keep archives. > So has anyone got any good tips for systems which I could hook into from my > app in a CRM-like way? You can use Salesforce from CF. Although it can be a bit tricky, it's doable. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329730 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
