Can pop mail be accessed from a flash (as2) client?

[Jithbadu]

Hi guys,

I understand its easy to send email from as2, but how about checking for and receiving emails from an POP account? I understand that attachments would be totally out of the question, but its just text really...

Could be hoping too much.. but it might be possible.

Does anyone have any experience here?

[nunomira]

hi,

Flash alone doesn't send emails.
In order to send emails, you need a mail server, and Flash runs on your computer. What Flash can do is send data do a server side script (like PHP or ColdFusion) and the script handles the email sending part.

The same applies to reading emails. You can create a frontend in Flash which loads data from the backend, via a server side script.