A mail hosting service using OpenCms

Antonio Cordeddu

• Coranto presentation• Servermx.com project overview• Software architecture• The mail servers• Payment gateway• The orders management• The users management• The content management• Alkacon OAMP customization• Multilanguage

Overview

• Active since 2002• Involved in web site analysis and development• Specialized in CMS tools• We started using OpenCms since 2005• Main OpenCms projects:

• Agriturismo Ichnos• Translation of OpenCms workplace in Italian• Web site of big industry food• Last but not least... servermx.com

Coranto presentation

SERVERMX.COM OVERVIEW

Servermx.com is a professional mail hosting service for businesses looking for a reliable email solution featuring Webmail, POP, IMAP and SMTP with spam protection and multiple domains management.

servermx.com - what it is

Using OpenCms to manage an e-commerce site with reserved area and real time provisioning to mail

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servermx.com – the challenge

servermx.com - home page

servermx.com - home page product detail

• Multi domain• IMAP, POP• SMTP• Anti spam• Web integrated reserved area admin• Web integrated reserved area for each mailbox user• Multi language servermx panel• Catch all, alias, forward, autoresponder

servermx.com – main features

servermx.com – strength points

1) Multi domain without additional costs2) Reserved area at mailbox user level3) Multi-language in reserved area4) Real time provisioning

servermx.com - software architecture

servermx.com - software info

1) OpenCms version 8.5.2 2) Debian Linux3) Apache4) Tomcat version 7.x5) MySql version 56) Exim (mail transfer agent)7) Dovecot (IMAP POP server)8) Squirrell (web client)9) Round Cube (web client)

THE MAIL SERVER COMPONENT

servermx.com – mail servers

servermx.com – main scenario

servermx.com - incoming mail scenario

servermx.com – reading mail scenario

servermx.com – outgoing mail scenario

servermx.com – email database

THE PAYMENT GATEWAY COMPONENT

servermx.com – e-commerce

● Paypal ● Standard API ExpressCheckout● Java package● Not recurrent payment● For first payment● For renew payment

servermx.com – payment workflow

servermx.com – payment gateway details

At the end of the payment process, the servermx system has performed the following activities:

● Creation of the user● Setting of the mail hosting product (status active)● Sending welcome email● Automatic login● User can start to use the product since the provisioning is performed in real time

THE ORDER COMPONENT

servermx.com – order management

THE OPENCMS COMPONENT

servermx.com – actors

servermx.com – use cases

servermx.com – organizational units

servermx.com – user attributes

servermx.com – subscribed user

servermx.com – email user

servermx.com – content management

The contents of the public area are managed, unsurprisingly, with OpenCms

servermx.com – public content management

servermx.com – batch tasks

● Daily batch checks the status of the mail hosting

product● It warnings when the user product is going to expire● It closes the expired product and their mailboxes

● Hourly batch that creates invoices in pdf format using Apache™ FOP (Formatting Objects Processor)

servermx.com – Alkacon OAMP customization

We use:● Alkacon OAMP Webform● Alkacon OAMP Webuser registration

After studying source code of these OpenCms Alkacon modules we were able to implements the requirements of the project

servermx.com – Alkacon OAMP customization action class

We use action class● New mailbox user● Edit mailbox user● Password forgot● Change password

To get this you have to implement the interface: I_CmsWebformActionHandler (method afterWebformAction)

servermx.com – Alkacon OAMP customization custom field

We have custom fields to manage custom validation:

● Alias● Password● TextFieldUsername

To get this you have to do the following steps:● Set the file opencmsdir/WEB-INF/classes/custom_form_field.properties● Modify the xsd schema (inputfield.xsd) ● Update the template file (StringTemplate format)

servermx.com – multi-language

Both the public and private area are multi-language. Is usual to find multi-language sites. But you can't easy find multi-language in the private area.

The users are OpenCms users so it's not been too difficult to manage the multi language in the private area.

servermx.com – final resume

servermx.com – final thoughts

The challenge was wonThe website is online from August 2013

You can use OpenCms not only for content management due to● OpenCms flexibility● OpenCms reliability

I like OpenCms!

servermx.com – the evolution of the project

What are we going to develop:● Other languages: Spanish, … ● Shared collaboration/Calendar● Become a domain name registrar (.com, .net, .it)● Extend payment with recurring payment

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QUESTIONS?

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