Change on webmail subdomain log in screen to Plesk's log in screen so the user can manage their account directly
I was considering that to increase the security of the email accounts and so that the user has direct administration over them, if it were possible that instead of the subdomain "webmail.whatevedomain.com" being directed to a webmail login screen directly, to change it to the plesk's log in screen, since when you enable the option in email accounts of "can be used to log in to plesk", the user enters to a management screen for the email account itself, this is by using the email address as the user and their same password.
This way, the user could change their password directly and do other functions that can be allowed by granting permissions from the "account" option in the Plesk administrator user, in addition to directly accessing the webmail that also would need a change so the user does not go through again on entering username and password.
Sebastian Holzapfel
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Thank you for your idea. Unfortunately, the webmail apps are completely independent mail client apps. They are not programmed by the Plesk team, but by independent vendors. The functions that Plesk can control are mail server based functions and user management based functions, e.g. changing the user name (mailbox name) and password. Webmail apps that do the same to it through specific port based method. They behave like all other mail clients. Bringing both worlds into one will mean that Plesk develops and maintains their own webmail software in competition to existing solutions like SoGo, Roundcube, Horde. This would require significant resources not only for development, but also for continuous maintenance - and all that besides maintaining the integration of the other clients. There are no plans to do that at this time or in the near future.
Nevertheless we can leave this feature idea online for some while so that other users can vote for it if they believe it is an important feature. If a very large number of users votes for it, it can still be considered as a future feature in Plesk.
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While the concept is interesting, I would suggest to explore an alternative approach that might be more efficient. Instead of creating a separate webmail platform, there could be considered implementing a temporary session cookie that stores login information when doing the login procedure. This cookie would allow users to seamlessly access any available webmail platforms from the Plesk without the need to re-enter credentials, this is by sending the required information that was stored on the beginnig from the cookie to the login form of the webmail platform (skipping the entire login screen). I believe this solution could provide a more user-friendly and integrated experience without the overhead of developing a new platform.