Roundcube is an email client that lets us view messages from our email accounts through a web page. It can be accessed from any browser with internet access. From there, we can perform all the operations needed to manage our email and even use it as an address book and calendar.
Roundcube is released under the GPL license, so it is free software.
Features
- Available in 65 languages.
- Drag-&-drop for managing email.
- Full support for MIME and HTML messages.
- Sophisticated privacy protection system.
- Compose messages with attachments.
- Multiple sender identities.
- Compose email in rich HTML.
- Forward messages with attachments.
- Search messages and contacts.
- Spell checking.
- IMAP folder management.
- Support for external SMTP servers.
- Cache for fast mailbox access.
- Unlimited number of users and messages.
- Template system for custom skins.
Server requirements
- Apache, Lighttpd or Cherokee web server.
- PHP version 5.2.1 or higher.
- PostgreSQL, SQLite or a MySQL, MariaDB database.
- IMAP server with IMAP4 rev1 support.
- An SMTP server (recommended) or PHP configured for mail delivery.
Keep in mind that..
Accessing your email through RoundCube from public networks or shared or insecure connections is not recommended. The webmail service is intended, rather, to help you avoid problems if you often travel with a PC other than your usual one, or if you only occasionally manage email from one or more accounts and do not want to install a dedicated email client for that purpose.
Apart from that drawback, the RoundCube webmail service offers nothing but advantages:
You do not need to download email to your computer to read it, since email is stored on the server.
You can create new email accounts, or delete them, very easily.
RoundCube is a lightweight webmail service with a very easy-to-use interface.
Steps to view email headers in Roundcube
- Access Roundcube Webmail.
- Double-click the email you want to review to open it.
- Click the “Show Source“ icon. The icon is a piece of paper with an S in front of it.