Ajax/php Email/chat 11.10.08
an Ajax page that will allow me to send and recieve email almost similar to IM /Chat
1. I want to pick a “contact” from my contacts
2. send them and email, which stays visible with a background color or bubble
3. checks my inbox and when that “contact” replies i want it to show up with another background color or bubble.
this would use the smtp and pop3 mail functions to act as a Instant messenger/live help for my site.
4. if new email address (contact) comes in, it will open a new tab (css tabs) with contacts name in the tab. with a limit of 5 tabs (contacts).
anything over 5 tabs (contacts) will need to wait till a tab is closed before adding to the window.
should be some sort of loop to check for newest email address not in use in tabs.
so basically checking for newest email address (contact) that i haven’t replied to yet.
if incoming email comes in, I want the contact to just show before the like
fred “at” gmail = fred
fred would go in the contact tab, with a limit of 10 letters or numbers in contact name to fit in tab.
i need this to also check the mysql database to see if i am online. If i am not online them the messages will stay in my email box.
i need this done in PHP, with Ajax so that it wont consume so much bandwidth. and using the ajax css tabs to allow for multiple conversations. as well as page refreshing and checking mail at 10-15 second intervals.
again this is just basically a email IM /chat
all i can afford is what i stated below, so good luck bidding
