Back when WordPress was only 2.7 versions old I published a plugin called WP SimpleMail. It was a rudimentary email client built into the WordPress admin interface. It had a lot of shortcomings – no support for mailboxes other than the inbox, no address book, the interface didn’t degrade well as WordPress was updated, etc – and unfortunately around the time of its initial release I did not have the time to properly address all of them. Today, roughly two years after the last update to the plugin, there is now a new version available, called SimpleMail 2.

Some of the new features include…

• Support for multiple mailboxes
• An address book
• Support for multiple users
• Improved compatibility with email services including Gmail
• Updated interface
• and a lot more to come

There are still some kinks to be worked out so for the time being the plugin will be available for 25% off during the beta period (which if all goes well will be over fairly soon).

Sometime in the near future, the free, WordPress.org, plugin will receive an update which will give it the updated SM2 interface as well as the improved connectivity. All other features will most likely remain exclusive to SimpleMail 2.