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Horde
WebMail Reader Access Information

Quick link access to your WEBMAIL horde account:
http://sherwoodhosting.com:2095/
(and enter your email username and password as shown in the screenshots later on this page)
OR: you can develop your own complex URL string that can include your password see here.
 


What is Horde and what does it do?
Horde is one of the web-based e-mail interfaces that we offer to clients. Horde includes many of handy extra features, particularly handy for someone who needs something more than just basic webmail. Horde is made up of several modules, each with a specific purpose:

  • Horde's address book and contact management application is capable of attachments, spell-check, address books, multiple folders, and multiple-language support.
  • A web-based calendar and daily organizer. It provides a robust web-based calendar for individual users with repeating events, and a smart algorithm to display a whole day of events even if many of them overlap with each other.
  • A simple, multi-user task list manager.
  • A simple note manager (memo pad application).

You will be able access your email from any computer with internet access, using the private email web interface URL, username and password provided to you when your POP account was created.

If you require more information, please consult this detailed and printable Horde User FAQ.

See here for backing up, exporting and importing your address book inside Horde.

If you want to have a "one-stop" URL string that gets you logged in, edit the following template, replacing your own email username, domain name, and password.

Use this UTL to access your main account (the mailbox with the same name as your main FTP login account):

http://user:password@mydomain.com:2095/horde/index.php

Use the following URL to access mailboxese that you've added past your original main mailbox.

http://user+mydomain.com:password@mydomain.com:2095/horde/index.php

(You can omit ":password" if you're security conscious and type it in manually each time)

or

If you access it via a bookmark or desktop shortcut, use this url
http://www.mydomain.com/horde/src/login.php?loginname=user@mydomain.com
and it will fill in your name and put the cursor in the password box.
(or substitute squirrelmail in place of horde)

Below are the steps to access Horde WebMail:

1. Login to your CPanel in your web browser with the URL: http://mydomain.com/cpanel
Use your main account username and password.

2. Select MAIL MENU and then WEB MAIL (see red circles to click on)

3. Click on HORDE

4. Enter your username, password, and click on Log In

5. Click on Skip Maintenance

6. View your list of emails in your INBOX. Click on the line item subject area to view the message. You can sort your list of INBOX messages by clicking on the triangle at the top of the column you wish to sort.

7. Read each message as desired and click on DELETE, REPLY, etc.

 

BACKUP/EXPORT/IMPORT Your Address Book Within Horde

Once logged into Horde, Click on Import/Export. To save your address book as a backup or for transporting it to another program such as OUTLOOK, use the lower half of the window, use Comma separated values and My Addressbook and click on Export. Then choose Save it to disk, and choose a safe, rememberable place on your own computer's hard drive. We suggest using a filename with today's date (so you can know easily when you saved it), and making the file extension to be .csv (i.e., erase the ".php" part that shows up). A folder at the top level named C:/BACKUPS or C:/Z-BACKUPS ("Z" places it alphabetically at the end to keep it out of the way) is a great place to collect all sorts of saved files like this.

When you need to restore the file to your Horde account, similarly reverse the steps using the top half of the Import Address Book window, and Browse to the file you had saved.

We know of no automatic way to regularly backup (save) your address book, so trigger yourself every month or so to save it. Most Horde systems do not backup the MySQL database system file where the Address Books are securely kept.