[SM-USERS] Is it possible to access the number of new messages for an account?

[David Rudnick]

I am creating a web site for my high school newspaper.  We have a staff of 70, and thus there will be a password-protected staff section with reference materials and notes.  There will be a bunch of different email accounts for various areas: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], and [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be three examples.  Between 1-3 people will be using each address (like for example, both ad editors will be given the password to [EMAIL PROTECTED]).   How I’d like it to work is as follows:   1)       The user clicks “staff only” on our main page.  They enter one common password, this will be posted in the room we work on the paper in, this is a “semi secure” area.  You won’t actually be able to do any damage from in here. 2)       In a box somewhere on the page will be a list of all the accounts, and the number of new messages waiting.  This is what I don’t know how to do (or even if it’s possible).  It would make it easy for people to see if they have any new messages available without having to actually login to the email account, and this page can be kept open on a computer in the pub room so people can glance at it to see if they have messages. 3)       If they do have messages, they can click on their account name which will take them to a Squirrelmail login form that has their account name pre-filled in, and then they can enter their mail password.  This area, unlike the main staff page, is of course to be secured.   #2 is the hard part.  I’d appreciate any suggestions you could provide.